BOSTON — A child was rushed to the hospital after they stopped breathing in Roxbury on Wednesday.
Boston police responded to a building on Mount Pleasure Avenue around 11:40 a.m. for a child who was not breathing.
The child was rushed to a nearby hospital.
“Due to the age of the victim, and standard operating procedure, Homicide Detectives were requested to respond,” a Boston police spokesperson told Boston 25 News.
An immediate update on the child’s condition was not available.
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