A 3-year-old boy is fighting for his life after surveillance footage reportedly showed him being pushed into Lake Michigan near Navy Pier in Chicago on Monday.
A 3-year-old boy is fighting for his life after surveillance footage reportedly showed him being pushed into Lake Michigan near Navy Pier in Chicago on Monday.
The Chicago Police Department said the toddler was pulled from Lake Michigan in “very critical condition” around 1 p.m. It happened near the 700 block of East Grand Avenue.A relative at the scene initially told officers she was a witness to the incident, but later said she was holding the boy’s shirt and let him fall into the water,
However, surveillance footage from the pier allegedly shows the woman pushed the boy toward the edge of the pier and then tossed him into the water, according to a police report obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times.The toddler was reportedly not expected to survive. Chicago Police Deputy Chief Gabriella Shemash said detectives are “reviewing everything and exploring all options” in a news conference late Monday afternoon.
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