{"id":366008,"date":"2026-10-06T16:58:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T16:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/366008\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T16:58:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T16:58:56","slug":"woman-plunges-to-death-from-bronx-balcony-while-holding-five-month-old-baby-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/366008\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman plunges to death from Bronx balcony while holding five-month-old baby: cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-06-at-9.08.47-AM.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"apartment building in bronx where woman fell to her death\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Woman plunges to death from Bronx balcony while holding five-month-old baby: cops 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Police in the Bronx are investigating a horrific death early on Wednesday morning in which a woman plunged to her death from an apartment building while holding a baby in her arms.<\/p>\n<p>Photo via Google Maps <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Police in the <a href=\"https:\/\/amny.com\/bronx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bronx<\/a> are investigating a horrific death early on Wednesday morning in which a woman plunged to her death from an apartment building while holding a baby in her arms.<\/p>\n<p>Officers from the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypd49pct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">49th Precinct<\/a> rushed to 2550 Olinville Ave. in Allerton at around 3:38 a.m. on Oct. 6 after 911 callers reported that a woman had fallen from a 15th-floor balcony, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Arriving officers discovered a 23-year-old woman and a five-month-old baby girl at the scene, both with injuries that authorities said were indicative of a fall.\n<\/p>\n<p>Police officers rushed the infant, who suffered head trauma, to Jacobi Hospital in their own cruiser while EMS took the 23-year-old to the same hospital. The woman was pronounced dead at the emergency room while the baby remains in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>Sources say the woman fell with the baby in her arms, partially cushioning the infant\u2019s fall.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/post\/police-investigate-reports-woman-infant-were-thrown-balcony-critically-injured-bronx\/19912723\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">According to a report from ABC7<\/a>, witnesses said the pair were thrown from the building. However, police say they are still investigating and will determine if she fell, jumped, or was pushed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Police sources did confirm that they are looking to speak with a man, but his exact connection to the case is not yet clear. The man is believed to be in his 30s with a light complexion and a ponytail; he was last seen wearing a gray sweater.<\/p>\n<p>No arrests have been made, and the investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding this incident can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at <a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">crimestoppers.nypdonline.org<\/a>, or on X (formerly Twitter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypdtips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@NYPDTips<\/a>. All calls and messages are kept confidential<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police in the Bronx are investigating a horrific death early on Wednesday morning in which a woman plunged&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,303,1840,9,24,63,103,104,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-366008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-crime","tag-death","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-police","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}