5-Year-Old Girl Dies in Queens After Police Respond to Assault Call
The NYPD is investigating the death of a 5-year-old girl who was found unconscious and unresponsive in a Queens home.
Police are investigating the death of a 5-year-old girl in Queens after responding to a 911 call reporting an assault. The New York City Police Department received the call just before 7 p.m. on Wednesday and discovered the child with injuries inside a home in the South Richmond Hill neighborhood.
Emergency medical services transported the girl, who was found unconscious and unresponsive, to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in critical condition. She was pronounced dead at the hospital. Sources indicated the child sustained trauma to her mouth and nose. The identity of the girl is being withheld pending family notification.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine the official cause of death. As of late Wednesday night, no arrests had been made in connection with the incident. The NYPD investigation is ongoing.