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NYPD: 3-Year-Old Boy Dies After Falling From 13th Floor In Harlem

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP)-- Authorities say a three-year-old boy has died after falling from the 13th floor of a Harlem apartment building.

Officials say emergency workers rushed the child from the 116-apartment public housing development to Harlem Hospital at about 7:15 p.m. Sunday.

Police say the boy fell from the 13th floor of a 15-story building.

They say investigators are probing whether a window guard was properly secured.

The child was identified as Latyr Sene.

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