3-year-old boy dies after falling from window on 17th floor of building on Near North Side

Police believe the boy pushed out a screen in an apartment in the 1100 block of North LaSalle Drive.

Crime scene tape.

A 3-year-old boy died after he fell from the window of a building Nov. 23, on the Near North Side.

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A 3-year-old boy died Tuesday after falling from a window on the 17th floor of a residential building on the Near North Side.

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Chicago police said the boy may have pushed out a screen in an apartment in the 1100 block of North LaSalle Drive around 10:40 p.m. He was found in bushes below and taken to Lurie Children’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

An autopsy ruled his death an accident, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

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