The Brief
A Bronx woman is dead and a baby girl is in critical condition after falling from a 15th-floor apartment balcony on Tuesday.
The NYPD said the 23-year-old woman and baby were found on the pavement on Olinville Avenue in the Allerton section just before 4 a.m.
Sources tell FOX 5 NY that the woman and baby were allegedly pushed and that police were searching for a person of interest.
NEW YORK – A Bronx woman is dead and her 5-month-old baby girl is in critical condition after they fell from an apartment balcony Tuesday morning.
What we know
The NYPD said the 23-year-old mother and baby were found on the pavement outside 2550 Olinville Avenue in the Allerton section just before 4 a.m.
Officers made the horrific discovery in the back of the building after residents called 911 to report they heard people shouting.
The woman was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital and her daughter, according to sources, was transferred to a high-level infant trauma center on Long Island.
What they’re saying
Sources told FOX 5 NY that the woman and baby were allegedly pushed from their 15th-floor balcony and that police were searching for a person of interest, a man in his 30s, who may have been inside the apartment at the time.
Police said the injuries were “consistent with a fall from an elevated position,” but the circumstances remained under investigation.
What we don’t know
The relationship of the mother and daughter to the person of interest was not immediately known.
The Source
This story was written with statements and details from the NYPD’s Office of the Deputy Commissioner, Public Information (DCPI), and FOX 5 NY sources close to the investigation.