Little boy dies after fall from 17th floor window of Toronto building

A young boy has died after plummeting from the window of a 17th-floor apartment at a northwest Toronto residential building on Sunday afternoon.

The three-year-old child fell from a building located at 3 Hickory Tree Rd., in the Weston Road and Lawrence Avenue West area.

Emergency responders were called to the scene at about 2 p.m. ET.

Toronto police, who said that CPR was performed on the boy, are investigating the incident.

A spokesperson for Toronto paramedics said the child was in "grave condition" when he was brought to hospital.

Police later reported that the child succumbed to his injuries in hospital.

Anyone with information is asked to contact investigators at 416-808-1200.

Tips can also be passed on anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 416-222-8477.