BRONX, N.Y. (TNND) \u2014 A 23-year-old mother and her baby girl were allegedly pushed off a 15th-floor apartment balcony in New York, killing the woman and seriously hurting the infant, according to reports. <\/p>\n
Citing unnamed police spokesperson, NBC News<\/a> reported that the woman’s death happened on Tuesday in the Bronx. <\/p>\n “The spokesperson said that when officers arrived, the woman and the baby had ‘injuries indicative of falling from an elevated position,'” the media outlet noted, adding the baby was “a girl under 1 year old.” <\/p>\n Police sources said the woman was holding the baby when they were pushed off the balcony, NBC News<\/a> noted. <\/p>\n FOX 5 NY<\/a> said the mother was identified as Nathaly Ramirez. She and her baby were taken to Jacobi Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead, per the outlet. The baby remained hospitalized as of Wednesday in critical but stable condition.<\/p>\n “We are praying for their family as the baby remains in critical condition and hoping for their recovery during this incredibly difficult time,” Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson wrote on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n FOX 5 NY<\/a> noted that investigators determined that Ramirez and her child had been pushed from a balcony. Her death is being investigated as a homicide, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n The New York Police Department (NYPD) had not publicly identified a suspect or announced an arrest, but investigators were searching for Ramirez’s boyfriend or former boyfriend in connection with the case, FOX 5 NY<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n Sources told the outlet that police had been called to the apartment multiple times previously over domestic violence concerns. <\/p>\n