Woman dies, baby critically hurt after fall from Bronx apartment block on Olinville Avenue

Mixed · 2A woman died and a baby was critically injured after falling from an apartment building at 2550 Olinville Avenue in the Bronx early on Tuesday 6 October. 1 2 Right · 1The NYPD told the New York Post that officers arrived at 3:38 a.m. and found the two on the ground with injuries consistent with a fall from an elevated position. 2 Right · 1Both were taken to hospital; the New York Post named Jacobi hospital and said both were initially in critical condition, and the woman has since been pronounced dead. 2

Left · 1NBC News reported that the woman was 23 and that the baby, a girl under 1 year old according to police sources, remains in critical condition. 1 Mixed · 2NBC News described the pair as mother and baby, while the Post said the relationship between the woman and child was unclear. 1 2 Right · 1Citing WABC, the Post reported that a witness told police the baby and woman were thrown from a balcony; this has not been confirmed by police. 2

Left · 1NBC News said it is not yet clear whether the two fell, jumped or were pushed, and that no arrests had been made and the investigation is ongoing, according to an NYPD spokesperson. 1 Left · 1According to police sources cited by NBC News, detectives want to question the woman's ex-boyfriend, witnesses reported hearing a disturbance in her apartment before she fell, and there is a history of domestic violence at the address. 1 Mixed · 2The Post described the building as an 18-story complex that officers were seen entering, while NBC said it is unclear how high up the two were before they fell. 2 1