Four held over child's death plunge

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Four people have been arrested on suspicion of child neglect after a six-year-old boy died in an eight-storey fall from a tower block.



The boy, named by West Yorkshire Police as Liam Adam Shackleton, fell from the window of a flat at Lindsey Mount in Leeds on Tuesday.



Shocked neighbours laid a teddy bear and flowers close to the spot where the child hit the ground.



Maria Jordan, 50, who lives nearby on the large Lincoln Estate, said it was a heartbreaking tragedy.



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[Jazzy]

This is certainly a heartbreaking tragedy. Unfortunately it happens daily where children fall from windows and slip through the railings of balconies. These tragic accidents are all preventable with proper child supervision.