Crime & Safety
5-Month-Old Girl Found Dead In East Harlem, Police Say
The girl was found unconscious and unresponsive in a public housing building.
EAST HARLEM, NY — The NYPD is investigating the death of a 5-month-old girl in East Harlem, police said.
Officers arrived at 2400 Second Ave., a building in the Robert F. Wagner public housing development near East 124th Street, around 11:20 a.m. after receiving a call about an unconscious baby within the building, police said. When officers arrived on scene they discovered 5-month-old Tamiyah Davis unconscious and unresponsive, police said.
The girl was rushed to Harlem Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said.
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The city medical examiner's office will investigate Davis' official cause of death, police said.
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