Toronto police said a four-month-old infant has died after being reported missing in a midtown neighbourhood on Wednesday.
A family member reported the baby was missing in the Marlee and Roselawn avenues area around 11:24 a.m., police said in an email.
Officers who responded to the call found the infant in a residential building. The child was rushed to hospital but was later pronounced dead, police said.
“While we recognize this is a tragic situation that raises many questions, no further details will be shared at this time,” a police spokesperson said in an statement Wednesday afternoon.
Toronto paramedics said they arrived at the scene at 11:39 a.m. and transported a patient with critical injuries. They couldn’t release further details.
Police investigating at apartment building
Police were still on scene Wednesday afternoon at a community housing building located at 855 Roselawn Ave., roughly one kilometre north of Eglinton West Station.
A CBC reporter at the scene observed that the investigation appeared to be centred on the eighth floor of the building.
Officers were also guarding the building’s garbage chute, which was taped off, while police investigated the building’s garbage room.