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Toddler Dies After Fall From Fourth-Floor Window in Chicago’s Edgewater

Police classify the fall as accidental based on family accounts, with an autopsy pending.

Overview

  • The child was identified by a police report as 1-year-old Muhsin Mirzoashrafov.
  • The fall occurred around 11:30 a.m. Friday from an apartment on the 5800 block of North Sheridan Road.
  • Family told police they opened the window to cool the overheated apartment, and the infant climbed over a living room sofa before falling.
  • He landed in the building’s parking lot at 5820 N. Sheridan Road and was taken to Ascension St. Francis Hospital in critical condition.
  • He was pronounced dead around 4:45 p.m., the death was listed as accidental, and Area Three detectives scheduled an autopsy and continue to investigate.