Six-Year-Old Fatally Injured in Fall from High Rise Balcony

Youth Services detectives are continuing to investigate the apparent tragic accidental death of a six-year-old boy who was fatally injured Tuesday night after falling from the 8th floor balcony of the apartment he shared with his mother at the 200 E. Webster high rise in Madison.

Kingston McWilliams was rushed to Vanderbilt Children's Hospital where he died shortly after arrival.

The child's mother said she was in another room of the apartment for a brief time, and that when she returned to the living room, she did not see her son. After searching the apartment and the 8th floor hallway, she looked over the balcony railing and discovered him on the concrete below. She told officers that he frequently attempted to climb or lean over the balcony and had been repeatedly warned against doing so. The fall distance was determined to be 81 feet.