WABC reported that the baby girl fell down the chute from the third floor of the apartment building, landing on the first floor. The outlet reported that police described Henderson, the girl’s uncle, as “emotionally disturbed” at the time of his arrest.

Aaron Henderson, 39, is accused of dropping the toddler in the chute of the Staten Island building when her father was in the bathroom on Monday afternoon, law enforcement sources told the New York Post.

The parents of the 1-year-old girl thrown three floors down a trash chute — allegedly by her own uncle — in their Staten Island apartment building scrambled to rescue her as they heard her cries, law enforcement sources said Tuesday.