Five-year-old dies after a large video screen topples onto him at a Florida elementary school

A 5-year-old boy was killed Wednesday when a heavy video display board toppled onto him inside a Florida elementary school.

According to police, it happened at about midday at Palm Bay's Riviera Elementary on Florida's Space Coast. Staff called 911 and gave first aid while officers and paramedics raced to the campus.

A family's grief

Relatives named him as Bellamy Dawkins-Morris. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead there.

Palm Bay police Deputy Chief Nick Szczepanski told reporters the case appears on the surface to be a tragic accident. Investigators from the department's special victims team are still working the case.

How the board fell

Neither Palm Bay police nor Brevard Public Schools has said how the display tipped. Relatives told a local news outlet that Bellamy was moving the board when it fell on him.

His great-aunt, Miriam Rodriguez, said she expected him to be safe at school. She said her sadness had turned to anger and that the family wants answers right away.

Superintendent Mark Rendell called it an incredibly difficult day and said the district had lost a precious young life. He said he met with the family and struggled to find words for their grief.