KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Police in Kansas City are investigating the death earlier this week of a 4-month-old boy as a homicide after doctors treating the infant revealed he had suffered fatal internal injuries.
Officers were called Tuesday evening to a home along Harrison Street for a report of an infant not breathing, police said in a news release. There were no immediate outward signs of trauma or injury to the baby, who was rushed to a hospital, police said.
Doctors informed police of the injuries the next day, when the baby was taken off life support. Doctors said the baby had suffered a forehead injury, complex skull fracture, brain bleed and chest trauma, police said.
The medical examiner’s office has ruled the child’s death a homicide. Police have not released the baby’s name, and no arrests had been reported by Friday morning.
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