3-Year-Old Dead After Falling From 18th Floor Of Chicago Building

A 3-year-old toddler has been reported dead after falling from the 18th floor of a high-rise apartment building in Chicago on Tuesday, July 19.

The 3-year-old boy, identified as Chaise Binion, reportedly fell out of an 18th-floor screen window from Lake View Towers in the city’s Uptown section at about 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 19.

The child plummeted from the window and landed on a third-floor parking garage at the residential complex in the 4500 block of North Clarendon Avenue. The toddler suffered grievous injuries in the fall and was immediately rushed to Illinois Masonic Hospital for immediate treatment. However, the child subsequently succumbed to his injuries and was later pronounced dead at the hospital, New York Post reported.

The apartment building where Chaise died is a two-tower apartment complex that overlooks Lake Shore Drive and has a three-story parking garage located between the towers. Chaise apparently fell from the north building.

According to the residents in the apartment complex, windows in the units open to the inside, and a small child may be able to crawl into the space. However, the circumstances surrounding the boy’s death currently remain unclear, People reported.

Some of the apartment residents witnessed the aftermath of the fall, including as the victim was treated and transported by first responders.

“We saw them when they brought the little kid down on the stretcher,” a resident, identified as Tracy Redmond said. “They were giving him chest compressions, and you could see where his face was all bloody.”

Meanwhile, Etenesh Gebeyehu, whose daughter lives in the building, said that the boy’s mother "was on the floor crying" while the child was being taken out on a stretcher.

“It’s terrible to see this tragedy for that family, so devastated,” another resident, Marisol Chaica, said.

Following the tragic incident, building inspectors scoured the apartment complex in search of code violations.

Meanwhile, a spokesperson for the Department of Buildings stated that "no calls for service relevant to the accident" were made, and that no pending code enforcement actions existed against the property.

"We are deeply saddened by the tragic accident that claimed the life of three-year-old Chaise Binion," the spokesperson said.

An investigation into the boy’s death is ongoing and no arrests have been made as of Wednesday, July 20.