New York mom and two young kids — including 5-month old baby — dead after jumping off Niagara Falls

A New York mother jumped off Niagara Falls with her two young kids, including a 5-month-old baby — and all three are dead, cops said.

Chaianti Means, 33, on Monday night stepped over the guardrail at Luna Island, where a popular overlook looms above the falls’ nearly 200-foot drop, according to New York State Police.

Rescuers are still searching for their bodies, according to Syracuse.com.

A mom leapt off Niagara Falls with her two children.
A mom leaped off Niagara Falls with her two children.

Police responded around 9 p.m., according to WIVB, with investigators determining that the plunge was “intentional.”

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“The circumstances remain under investigation,” state troopers added.

Means and her kids — 9-year-old Roman Rossman and baby Mecca Means — were residents of Niagara Falls.

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