(CHICAGO) A 14-year-old boy died after he was pulled from a pool Wednesday afternoon at a high school in the Southwest Side Garfield Ridge neighborhood.
Crews responded to Kennedy High School at 6325 W. 56th St. and found Rosario Gomez in the pool area, according to Fire Media Affairs Director Larry Langford and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Gomez had been in the pool, but was pulled from the water before firefighters arrived, Langford said.
He was taken to MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, where he was pronounced dead at 2:18 p.m., authorities said. He lived in the 5100 block of South Springfield.
“The Chicago Public Schools family mourns the tragic loss of one of our students earlier today,” CPS spokesman Michael Passman said in an email. “Our condolences go out to the student’s family, and our thoughts are with the entire Kennedy community. CPS is conducting a thorough investigation of the incident.”
An autopsy was scheduled for Thursday. Area Central detectives are investigating.
Crisis supporters were sent to the school, and will be offered to students and staff in the coming days, Passman said.
