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Toronto police say they are investigating after a six-year-old girl fell to her death from a North York apartment building Sunday evening.
Officers were called to the building near Chalkfarm Drive and Jane Street around 8:15 p.m., police said in a post on X. There, officers found the body of a six-year-old girl who had fallen from her bedroom window, investigators say.
Police did not confirm what floor the child fell from, but spokesperson Amy Davey said in an email it was from “a very high level.”
“It does not appear to be suspicious, but the investigation is ongoing,” she said.
A neighbour, Jahlique James, told reporters the child lived on the 28th floor of the building. She said she has a child the same age, and would often say hi when she saw the girl and her mother around the building.
“It’s just very heartbreaking,” she said. “My heart goes out to the family.”
The building is an approximately 30-storey, brick apartment tower in a complex of four high-rises built in the early 1970s, according to the website for the property’s management company, Greenwin. Located near Chalkfarm Park, the building’s base is surrounded by a large parking lot and grass lawns.
Stephen Adler, a spokesperson for Greenwin, said “safety and well-being” remains the company’s highest priority and that it is “fully cooperating” with the police investigation.
“We are deeply saddened by this tragic incident, and our hearts and sympathies are with the child’s family and all others affected,” he said in an emailed statement.
Officers would remain at the scene pending an autopsy report, Toronto police said on social media.
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