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Updated: 2/08 11:12 pm

CHICAGO, Illinois (NBC) -- A 1-year-old boy died Tuesday after a television detectives guessed weighed about 100 pounds toppled onto him in his Chicago home.

Shawn Brown was taken from the home and rushed to a hospital by a relative shortly after 1 p.m., police said.

"The back of the tube is much bigger than the stand, so it's not stable enough because the TV was too big to be sitting on what it was sitting on. I don't know how they moved that TV off the baby," said neighbor Lolita Moore.

The incident happened on the second floor of the boy's home.

He was playing in one room, away from his mother, when the TV tipped over.

"I never did see the baby. I didn't want to see him. They said it busted his head open. He was bleeding so much, and I don't think I could take it," said the boy's great-grandmother, Moselle Kylie.

Incidents of TVs falling on children resulted in at least three other Chicago area deaths since last fall.

Gianna Hadjis, 4, of University Park was killed last month.

A Hamilton Park girl, 3-year-old Shaniya Singleton, was killed in November, and a 6-year-old boy, Karl Clermont, was killed when a TV fell on his head in October.

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Antisocial - 2/8/2012 6:00 PM
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My TV weighs a good 80-90 pounds and it's sitting up 5 foot off the ground...BUT it's sitting on top of an entertainment center that weighs in over 300 pounds and it's anchored to the wall to boot. So not only is it way out of reach of my kids (my youngest can't even reach the on/off button) and even if they could reach it, it's virtually build into the wall and as sturdy as the wall itself. I feel sorry for these poor kids that have parents that can't see the danger of having something so heavy and unsteady within reach of their kids. May all of these poor babies rest in peace.
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