15-year-old dies after 6 floor fall

A 15-year-old boy died early Monday after falling from his sixth floor apartment in Baoshan district in Shanghai, local media reported.

The boy, surnamed Gu, was found around 4 am by a resident who was returning home from work, according to the news website Xinmin.cn.

The resident cried out for help, and a nearby security guard called the police, said Zeng Ni, a press officer with Baoshan police.

Gu lived with his parents in the sixth floor apartment. His bedroom had a window that faced north. Police found the window open, but no signs of a struggle, Zeng said.

Gu's parents believe that he was sleepwalking before the fall, according to a staff member with the compound's neighborhood committee.

The staff member said that investigators found no evidence that Gu had been pushed out of the window. However, they did find the boy's footprints on his desk, which sat next to the window. "The boy didn't leave behind a note. He was not depressed," the staff member told the Global Times.

Although the boy was facing the high school entrance examination, he was doing quite well in school and his teachers had not noticed anything wrong with him before his death.

Police are still investigating the fall.