A 4-year-old boy was thrown to his death from the roof of his seven-story apartment building in Brooklyn by his 20-year-old brother on Saturday, the police said. 
 
 The brother, identified by the police as Shawn J. Smith, was charged with second-degree murder. The police said he had no criminal record and there was no history of involvement by the Administration of Children’s Services at the home of the boy, Shimron Smith. 
 
 Around 3:30 a.m., Mr. Smith approached two uniformed officers responding to a 911 call in the 70th Precinct, a few blocks from Shimron’s apartment in the East Midwood neighborhood, which is in the 63rd Precinct. 
 
 “I need to talk to you,” he said, according to the police. The officers finished with their call and then continued their conversation with Mr. Smith, who told them: “My brother may be hurt. He might be dead.” ||||| An older brother has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a 4-year-old boy, who was thrown from a rooftop in Brooklyn. Wale Aliyu reports. (Published Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018) 
 
 What to Know A 20-year-old man allegedly tossed his 4-year-old brother to his death from the boy's Brooklyn home, police said 
 
 Police found the little boy, Shimron Smith, unconscious and unresponsive in the courtyard outside his home in Brooklyn 
 
 The boy was pronounced dead at the scene. The investigation is ongoing 
 
 A 20-year-old man tossed his 4-year-old brother to his death from the boy's Brooklyn home, police said. 
 
 Police responding to a 911 call found the little boy, Shimron Smith, unconscious and unresponsive in the courtyard outside his home in East Midwood around 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, the NYPD said. 
 
 Shimron was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The medical examiner said he died from multiple blunt force injuries and his death was a homicide. 
 
 Shimron's brother, Shawn J. Smith, was charged with second-degree murder, the NYPD said. He's accused of throwing the boy off the roof of the seven-story apartment building on Nostrand Avenue, between Avenues J and K. 
 
 When asked by reporters if he meant to hurt his brother, Shawn responded “not really” with an apparent grin on his face. 
 
 His family says Shawn had been here less than a year from Guyana. 
 
 Shimron was the youngest of six siblings, his family said. 
 
 The boy's aunt, Savon Firth, recalled "his playfulness -- he plays all the time -- his fun, his laughter. It’s so painful I cannot talk anymore. 
 
 It wasn't immediately clear whether Shawn Smith had an attorney. 
 
 The investigation is ongoing. ||||| A 20-year-old man has been charged with murder after telling police he threw his four-year-old brother off the roof of the family’s seven-story apartment building. 
 
 Police responding to an emergency call found Shimron Smith unconscious and unresponsive in the courtyard outside his Brooklyn, New York, home in the early hours of Saturday morning. 
 
 A 20-year-old man has been charged with murder after telling police he threw his four-year-old brother Shimron Smith off the roof of the family’s seven-story apartment building. Source: The New York Post More 
 
 The little boy was was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the NYPD. 
 
 Shimron’s brother Shawn J. Smith, who suffers from schizophrenia, reportedly confessed to officers that he led his little brother to the roof of the Midwood building and pushed him off, according to The New York post. 
 
 “I just killed my brother — I took my brother up to the roof and I threw him off,” Smith allegedly told officers. 
 
 The older brother, who reportedly suffers from schizophrenia, told officers he led the child onto the roof then pushed him off. Source: 4NBC More 
 
 Smith was charged with second-degree murder, accused of throwing the Shimron off the roof of the seven-story apartment building. 
 
 Shimron was the youngest of six children whose family arrived in Brooklyn from Guyana – a country on South America’s North Atlantic coast – less than a year ago. 
 
 An investigation is ongoing.
– "I need to talk to you," Shawn Smith told cops a few blocks from his Brooklyn residence Saturday. "My brother may be hurt. He might be dead." Police officers soon found the body of Smith's little brother Shimron in a rear courtyard, where the 4-year-old was pronounced dead on the scene, reports the New York Times. The medical examiner later said he died from several blunt force injuries, per NBC New York, and Shawn was charged with second-degree murder for allegedly throwing his sibling from the roof of a seven-story apartment building. There's no known motive, but police say they have video of Shawn carrying Shimron to the roof, and Yahoo reports that Shawn suffers from schizophrenia. Asked if he wanted to harm his brother, Shawn seemed to grin and said, "Not really." Now the community around Nostrand Avenue between Avenues J and K is trying to comprehend the death of a child described as laughing and running as he went to and from school. "I can't fathom someone taking my child and throwing them off the roof," says Donna Heyward, who helped organize a memorial of candles, cloth flowers, and dolls. "It tears me apart." Shimron's family, including five other children, moved to New York from Guyana last year.