LAKEWOOD, Ohio — The Lakewood Police Department is investigating the death of an eight-month-old baby boy.
In a release, Capt. Frank S. Eschweiler, commander of the department's investigative division, reports that officers were called to a home in the 11800 block of Lake Avenue at around noon on Friday for a report that a baby was not breathing.
In addition to Lakewood police, members of the Lakewood Fire Department were called to the scene. Officers found the baby unresponsive. The infant boy was transported to Cleveland Clinic Lakewood Emergency Department, where he was pronounced dead.
Eschweiler adds that the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office was contacted and responded to the scene. The matter is under investigation.
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