Three young children were found unconscious on the shoreline in Brooklyn's Coney Island early Monday and later died, while their mother, who was discovered shoeless on the boardwalk two miles away, is being questioned, authorities said.
According to the preliminary investigation, a concerned family member called 911 around 1:40 a.m. out of fear the 30-year-old mother, who lives in a Neptune Avenue apartment, could have harmed her three small children, NYPD officials said at an early morning news briefing. Officers responded to the Neptune Avenue apartment the concerned relative had identified.
No one answered the door when they knocked, but it was unlocked, officials said. Cops encountered a man in the building who identified himself as the father of one of the three children. He expressed the same concerns as the 911 caller, NYPD officials said, and told police he believed the mother and children were on the boardwalk in Coney Island.
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