A 3-year-old who was badly injured in a house fire at 5th and Madison last week has died, according to a report from the medical examiner.
A toddler and the child's mother were taken to the hospital for burns after a home caught fire Wednesday morning.
A report from the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office on Monday states 3-year-old Gideon Simos died from burn injuries suffered at that address. State Rep. Sylvia Ortiz-Velez said in a social media post that the victims were her sister and her young nephew, Gideon.
"My family is going through a traumatic tragedy that we know we will get through. Gideon will be missed but we know that he is with our lord. I ask that you please keep my sister and brother in law in your prayers, as well as the other children," Ortiz-Velez wrote in the post.
Gideon was the youngest of five children.