A 2-year-old boy was found unresponsive in the bathtub of the apartment, the AP reported. Police officials were not immediately certain if the older toddler was also the woman's child.
The father and his daughter were both listed in critical condition at the University of Chicago Medical Center, police officials said. The toddlers were pronounced dead at Comer Children’s Hospital.
70yo South Shore man told Chicago Police his daughter stabbed him before jumping off the 11th floor of a high rise w/ her 1yo son. Police say her son died but the woman and her father are in critical condition at U of Chicago Medical Ctr in critical condition @ABC7Chicago pic.twitter.com/ta7dGRVs8X
— Cate Cauguiran ABC 7 (@CateCauguiran) January 2, 2020
The Chicago Tribune reported that the 70-year-old man told police his daughter "began stabbing him and then jumped from the 11th floor with her 1-year-old son."
Residents in the family's neighborhood expressed shock to ABC7 in Chicago.
"It was insanity to me," said one neighbor, who identified himself as Rahin. "I saw it. It was the first thing I saw when I woke up and it's right around the corner. I come out here with the dogs at 4 o'clock and I couldn't believe it."
Detectives remained at the scene later Thursday morning. No additional details of the case were immediately available.
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