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A 16-year-old girl accused of throwing her newborn baby out an apartment window has been booked into the Douglas County Youth Center on one count of felony child abuse resulting in death. She has been charged as an adult. Horrific details emerged Friday after the baby’s death at an Omaha, Nebraska, apartment complex that morning. The infant girl died after falling from a second-story apartment window, Omaha police officials say. Police said no further information regarding the infant will be released. The investigation is ongoing. In a release Friday, the Omaha Police Department said a pregnant 16-year-old went into labor and threw the child out of second-story window after it was delivered. According to police, Omaha police officers responded to the complex at 4:12 a.m. When Omaha Fire paramedics arrived, police said, the baby's grandmother was holding and administering CPR to an infant in the parking lot of the apartment complex. The child was transported to a hospital and pronounced dead shortly after arrival. The 16-year-old mother was also transported to the hospital for a medical evaluation. Police said the teen's mother called 911 to report her daughter. Family members of the teen are in disbelief. “It's caught me by surprise. I just can't believe it. Stunned,” grandfather to the teen, John Barcelona, said. Barcelona said he saw his granddaughter just days ago and had no idea she was even pregnant. “She looked like she was well underweight more than anything else. I would’ve never dreamed that she was pregnant,” Barcelona said. “In my head, I just can’t believe it, I can’t believe it.” Neighbors are also trying to wrap their heads around the horrific scene. “It makes me feel very disturbed,” neighbor Mark Nelson said. “Just looked like a normal family, normal neighbors, say hi, keep to their self.” A motive remains unknown. It's also unclear whether or not other family members knew the teen was pregnant.