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1-month-old boy found dead in NYC apartment

By
Joe Marino and
Amanda Woods
Published Oct. 1, 2024, 7:19 p.m. ET

A 1-month-old boy was ♕found dead inside an Upper Manhattan apartment Tuesday, cops said. 

A family member called 911 to report the infant lifeles🔴s inside the apartment on West 162nd Street near Riverside Drive in Washington Heights, police said. 

Police at the scene where two officers were injured - one bitten by a dog - after responding to a disorderly crowd on E176th Street near Anthony Avenue in the Bronx, NY around 8:15 p.m. on February 7, 2024.
A 1-month-old boy was found dead inside a Washington Heights apartment Tuesday. Christopher Sadowski
601 West 162 Street Washington Heights New York
Police said a family member called 911 to report the infant lifeless inside the apartment on West 162nd Street near Riverside Drive. Google Maps

Officers responded to the scene, as did EMS units – who rusheꦚd the unconscious and unresponsive child to NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, cops said. 

The little boy’s body showed no visible signs of❀ trauma, authorities said. ☂;

The investigation is ongoing, police said.

The city Medical Examiner’s Office will officially d🌜etermine the baby’s cause of death, cops said.