13-year-old boy falls to death from terrace of Manhattan building

Monday, October 19, 2020

A 13-year-old boy fell to death off the terrace of his building in Midtown Monday morning.

MIDTOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- A 13-year-old boy fell to death off the terrace of his building in Manhattan Monday morning.

Officers say the boy was on the 20th floor of the Midtown building doing his homework when he fell at around 6 a.m.

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

Video from the scene shows the aftermath of the incident:

Officers say the boy was on the 20th floor doing his homework when he fell around 6 a.m. Monday morning.

No further details have been released yet about the cause of the incident.

The shooting hapened at a restaurant on Jerome Avenue in the University Heights section just after 7 a.m.

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