Chicago releases statement after 5-year-old boy dies after falling il…

The city of Chicago in a statement Monday saying an “investigation is ongoing” after “several” young children were hospitalized and a 5-year-old boy died after falling ill while staying at a temporary migrant shelter in the city’s Pilsen neighborhood.

According to authorities, 5-year-old Jean Carlos Martinez Rivero was “not feeling well” Sunday while at the shelter in the 2200 block of South Halsted and was ultimately transported to Comer Children’s Hospital by ambulance. He died at the hospital, police said.

The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office confirmed the child died at 3:47 p.m. Sunday. The cause of death was not immediately released.

Monday, a spokesperson with the Chicago Fire Department said that “several” other individuals at the shelter, where about 2,000 people were staying, required hospitalization, including a 1-year-old girl and a 4-year-old girl. An 18-year-old woman was also hospitalized early Monday, fire officials said.

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