Woman Throws Infant and Toddler Out of Apartment Window, Jumps After Them Naked

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Jason Lemon is a Senior Politics Editor at Newsweek based in Brooklyn, New York. Prior to taking on the editor role, Jason's reporting focused on U.S. politics and international affairs. He joined Newsweek in 2018, and had previously worked as an editor at a Middle Eastern media startup called StepFeed. He also worked a year as a contributor to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and has bylines in The Christian Science Monitor, The Palm Beach Post, Al Fanar Media and A Magazine. He is a graduate of the American University of Beirut in Lebanon and Andrews University in Michigan. You can get in touch with Jason by emailing j.lemon@newsweek.com. Languages: English, Spanish, French and Levantine Arabic

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A woman in Brooklyn, New York, threw her two young children from an apartment window before jumping naked out the window after them on Saturday morning.

An NYPD source told Newsweek that officers responded to the scene in Rockaway Parkway in the Flatbush neighborhood around 11:30 a.m. after receiving a 911 call on Saturday, finding the 24-year-old mother, a 4-week-old female infant and a 2-year-old male toddler on the sidewalk with "trauma on their bodies."

The mother allegedly first pushed an air conditioning unit from the second-story window before throwing the children and then herself from the apartment. She was naked when she jumped, according to the NYPD.

The mother and her children were rushed to the Brookdale Hospital. The NYPD source said the mother and toddler suffered non-life threatening injuries but the infant was in critical condition. The extent of their injuries was unclear, but the toddler was able to stand up and walk after he was thrown from the window.

The NYPD is continuing to investigate but believes the mother was responsible and that the family was not being threatened when the incident occurred.

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The NYPD responded on Saturday morning after a mother threw her children and then herself from an apartment window in Flatbush, Brooklyn. In this photo, an NYPD vehicle speeds through Times Square on March 29... Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images

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Jason Lemon is a Senior Politics Editor at Newsweek based in Brooklyn, New York. Prior to taking on the editor role, Jason's reporting focused on U.S. politics and international affairs. He joined Newsweek in 2018, and had previously worked as an editor at a Middle Eastern media startup called StepFeed. He also worked a year as a contributor to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and has bylines in The Christian Science Monitor, The Palm Beach Post, Al Fanar Media and A Magazine. He is a graduate of the American University of Beirut in Lebanon and Andrews University in Michigan. You can get in touch with Jason by emailing j.lemon@newsweek.com. Languages: English, Spanish, French and Levantine Arabic

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