Boston Police report [2] they are investigating two deaths and a near-death, all several hours apart, at a Roslindale senior-citizen's housing complext.
Police say officers found a man in his 60s dead around 11 a.m. yesterday, with no visible injuries at the Roslyn Apartments, 1 Cliffmont St., off Canterbury.
Today, around 5:40 a.m., police found another dead man, also in his 60s, in a first-floor hallway. Around 10 a.m., officers returned and found a woman "suffering from unknown life threatening injuries."
A hazmat crew was summoned but found no carbon monoxide, police say. The Globe reports [3] one woman who arrived to pick up her grandmother was "was overwhelmed by a pungent smell similar to onions, wafting through the vents and hallway."
Police say they are continuing to investigate the deaths.