Police are investigating whether a carbon monoxide leak led to the deaths of two people in West Rogers Park.
18-year-old Zanib Ahmed is one of the victims of a possible carbon monoxide leak.
Paramedics were first called to the building in the 2500 block of West North Shore Avenue about 10:30 a.m. Sunday morning
They rushed two women to the hospital; one went into cardiac arrest and died.
Rasheeda Akhter, 77, was pronounced dead at 11:14 a.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Later Sunday afternoon, police came back to the apartment to take another woman to the hospital who was found unresponsive. 18-year-old Zanib Ahmed, died at 9 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.
Five children were also hospitalized, but are expected to recover.
Officials found a positive reading for carbon monoxide near a boiler in the building’s basement, but they won’t officially rule the deaths were caused by accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, but until autopsy results are reported, police said.
4 Comments to “Cops: 2 dead after possible carbon monoxide leak”
January 28, 2013 at 12:20 PM
A carbon monoxide detector would have been a good investment.
January 30, 2013 at 2:10 AM
There were detectors in the house that didn't go off. Maybe if you read before you posted you wouldn't sound like an ignorant prick.
January 28, 2013 at 12:46 PM
Its the wrong picture