RIVERDALE, Ga. — New information from police offers more details in the moments that followed a deadly incident inside a south metro Atlanta shoe store.
On Friday, police said a 2-year-old girl died when a mirror inside a Riverdale, Georgia Payless Shoes store fell on her. Ifrah Siddique was at the store off Highway 85 with her family when it happened. So far, police are calling it an accident.
On Tuesday, the Riverdale Police Department released the incident report detailing what happened in the store that night.
Before first responders arrived, the reports states CPR was already being performed on Ifrah. The first officer who arrived describes what he saw.
"I observed a large mirror lying on the floor at the rear of the business and a large amount of blood on the floor," the report reads.
He said he tried to get an initial statement from Ifrah's mom and aunt but couldn't because of a language barrier.
While they were standing outside, Ifrah's aunt, Ghazala Iftkhar, collapsed, according to the incident report. "Possibly due to the shock from the incident," the officer wrote.
Iftkhar and the child were both taken to Southern Regional Hospital, but the girl was pronounced dead within an hour of arriving.
Officers spoke with store employee Patricia Young who described what she and her manager, Michael Brown, saw.
"Young stated (they) were at the front of the store when they heard something fall in the rear of the store. Young stated when they went to the back, Rafique (Ifrah's mom) had moved the mirror off the child and asked them to call 911."
Young reportedly called 911 at around 8:01 p.m. as Brown took Ifrah from her mother to begin rendering medical aid.
"Brown stated he took the child and began performing CPR until Riverdale Fire arrived on scene."
There was a security camera near the scene but according to Brown, it was not operational.
Officers cleared the scene at the store and went to the hospital where they learned that Ifrah had died. There, they spoke with the family through a translator.
Nosheen Rafique, Ifrah's mom, told police she stepped away from the girl for a few moments before hearing the loud noise and seeing the mirror on top of her daughter. She told police she moved the large mirror off her daughter and asked the store staff to call 911.
