A four-month-old baby is dead after what Toronto police are calling a “suspicious incident” at a Toronto Community Housing building in the city’s midtown area on Wednesday afternoon.
A baby reported missing just before noon has died in hospital after it was located with critical injuries by police.
They said that officers “quickly responded” to an apartment building near Marlee and Roselawn avenues where the baby was located.There's a heavy police presnce in the area of Roselawn and Marlee avenues as Toronto police investigate the"suspicious" death of an infant on Nov. 20.Just after 1 p.m. police confirmed that the baby has been pronounced dead. A cause of death has not been provided.
“While we recognize this is a tragic situation that raises many questions, no further details will be shared at this time. We want to reassure the public that there is no safety risk,” a Toronto police media officer said.However, on Wednesday afternoon CTV News Toronto’s cameras captured officers standing guard outside the main-floor garbage room, which was marked by a sign that reads, “Please keep compactor door closed.
Police were also seen guarding an eighth-floor unit and a nearby garbage chute, which was blocked by police tape.An officer guards a garbage chute on the main floor of a midtown Toronto building where a baby was found on Nov. 20 with life-threatening injuries. The infant was later pronounced deceased.
The identity of the baby is not clear but at least two building residents who spoke to CTV News Toronto on Wednesday said that they sometimes saw the baby boy’s father walking him up and down a hallway in the building.With files from CTV News Toronto’s Janice Golding
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