PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Police in Philadelphia are now investigating the death of a 2-year-old boy in the city as a homicide.
WPVI-TV reports that police said Thursday they are opening a homicide investigation into the death of the child following a medical examiner report.
Police were called to a home in Oxford Circle on Tuesday evening for a report of an unresponsive child.
The toddler was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.
A medical examiner’s autopsy report revealed blunt force trauma injuries to the child’s body. Homicide is now the cause of death.
No arrests have been made.
Philadelphia has seen a string of child deaths recently, mostly as a result of shootings. At least five children have been killed by gunfire in the city in the last month.
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Information from: WPVI-TV, http://www.6abc.com
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