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Three children – who were 7 years old, 4 years old, and three months old – died after they were found unconscious on the shoreline in southern Brooklyn in the early hours of Monday, September 12, police said in a press conference.

The children’s 30-year-old mother, who was found “soaking wet” and barefoot on a boardwalk two miles away, was being questioned by police.

NYPD Chief of Department Kenneth Corey said a family member called 911 at 1:40 am to tell police she was concerned the children’s mother may have harmed the three youngsters. Police went to the mother’s apartment and received no response.

Officers were met inside the building by a man who said he was the father of one of the children. He expressed the same concerns as the 911 caller and told police he believed the woman may have been on the boardwalk with her children.

Police began a search of the boardwalk and located the mother around 90 minutes later. She was accompanied by other family members but not her children, police said.

At 4:42 am, officers found the children unresponsive at the water’s edge in the Brighton Beach area, around two miles from where they found the children’s mother. Officers administered “life-saving measures, including CPR” and the kids were rushed to Coney Island Hospital, where they were pronounced dead.

Police said a preliminary investigation indicated “no prior history of abuse or neglect." The children’s mother remained in custody on Monday but had not been charged, police said.

Police appealed for anyone with information about the incident to come forward. Credit: NYPD via Storyful