‘Shouts and screams’ were heard by neighbours in weeks before child, woman and man died after falling from 47-storey block of flats

Neighbors reported hearing ‘shouts and screams’ weeks before a child, woman and man fell to their deaths from a high-rise flat in London.

Emergency services rushed to the building in Elephant and Castle, south London, at 7.30am on Wednesday morning after reports of people falling from a height.

Paramedics arrived at the scene in Churchyard Row within four minutes and the London Air Ambulance also attended, but sadly none could be saved.

A woman who lives in the building told the Daily Mail: ‘I’ve been hearing shouts and screams for the last two weeks. It has stopped since Wednesday.

‘The police knocked on the door and asked if I heard shouting and screaming. I told them yes and assumed it was local.

‘Scary. We received an email saying there was a serious security incident.’

The Daily Mail has seen video showing police and first responders trying to resuscitate a casualty on the roof of a gray public building at the back of the apartment block.

An eyewitness, who wished to remain anonymous, said: ‘It was terrible, I couldn’t concentrate on work yesterday because I felt so bad.

‘My children were horrified by the shock.’

Met Police detectives launched an investigation into the incident.

A spokesman said: ‘Met detectives are investigating after three people died after falling from a height on Wednesday 27 May.

‘At 7.29am officers from the London Ambulance Service, London Air Ambulance and London Fire Brigade responded to a high-rise apartment block in Churchyard Row, Elephant and Castle, following reports of people falling from a height.

At the scene, it was determined that three people, one man, one woman and one child, unfortunately lost their lives despite the interventions of the first responders. Their deaths are currently being treated as an unexpected event.

‘No other injuries were reported. Efforts are continuing to officially identify the dead.

‘Relatives have been informed and are being supported by specialist police.’

A spokesman for the London Ambulance Service said: ‘We were called to reports of an incident in Churchyard Row, Kennington, at 7.31am on Wednesday 27 May.

‘We sent a number of resources to the scene including ambulance crews, a paramedic in a rapid response vehicle, an incident response officer and paramedics from our hazardous area response team (HART).

‘We also sent a trauma team by car from the London Air Ambulance.

‘The first paramedic arrived in about four minutes. Unfortunately, despite all the efforts of our teams, three people were pronounced dead at the scene.’