NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say a 20-year-old man is in custody after he threw his 4-year-old brother from their New York City apartment building, killing the child.
Officers responding to a 911 call at 3:30 a.m. Saturday found 4-year-old Shimron Smith lying unconscious and unresponsive in the courtyard of a Brooklyn building. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police believe the child’s older brother tossed him from the roof or from the family’s sixth-floor apartment. Charges are pending.
