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NYPD: Queens Toddler Dies In 7-Story Plunge

NEW YORK (AP) -- Police in New York City are investigating the death of a 3-year-old boy who died after falling from the seventh floor of an apartment in Queens.

Police say it happened at about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday on Leavitt Street in Flushing. The boy was taken to New York Hospital of Queens where he died.

Police say a woman is in custody. Police did not say how the boy fell. No other information was immediately available.

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