A man involved in a dispute over custody of her son apparently launched the three year old from a 52-story skyscraper and then released , police said Sunday . Authorities said they received an emergency call reporting on the fall of both the building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, around noon . When officers arrived, they found the bodies on the roofs of two adjacent buildings.
Dmitriy Kanarikov , 35 , was pronounced dead at the scene , but the child , Kirill Kanarikov , was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead , police said . Authorities said the father apparently lived in the building . Luis Ortiz , a witness told the New York Post he was in a hospital when paramedics arrived with the child to the hospital and massaged his chest.
" One could say that he was leaving . They said the father was there but did not bring anyone else. It was just heartbreaking. I have two sons . They ( medical staff ) tried to do the best they could , " Ortiz told the newspaper . The police investigating the deaths left the building in mid-afternoon to photograph a gray Lexus RX350 vehicle that was parked nearby.
The skyscraper, listed as South Park Tower, is located within walking distance of Columbus Circle ( Roundabout Colón) and Lincoln Center . In March , a woman with her baby was thrown from his window on the eighth floor of a building in Harlem. The mother died but the baby survived 10 months . Authorities found a suicide note at his home .
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