3 children drowned at NYC's Coney Island beach; mom being questioned in deaths, police say

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Three children found unresponsive early on the Coney Island shoreline in Brooklyn are dead, and a woman believed to be their mother is being questioned, police said.

NYPD Chief of Department Kenneth E. Corey gives an update on the deaths of 3 children found on a beach in Coney Island.Three children have died after they were found unconscious at a beach off Brooklyn's famed Coney Island boardwalk on Monday morning, and their mother is now being questioned by police.

At 4:42 a.m., officers found a 7-year-old boy, 4-year-old girl, and 3-month-old boy unconscious on the shoreline near West 35th Street.Officers first received a phone call around 1:40 a.m. from a concerned family member that someone may have harmed three small children. Police then began to canvas the boardwalk and surrounding area for any sign of the mother or children.

The mother was "soaking wet" and barefoot and would not communicate with officers, according to NYPD officials.

 

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That mom did it.

Absolutely horrible

“Homeschooled”. Should have been a 🚩. Poor kids never stood a chance of being normal.

Rest In Peace🙏

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