An individual is going through a first-degree homicide cost after an toddler died in Vaughan Thursday night, York Regional Police say.
In a information launch issued Friday morning, investigators stated they have been first known as about an injured particular person at a house within the space of Centre Avenue and Dufferin Avenue at 6:10 p.m.
“When officers arrived, they situated an unresponsive toddler within the dwelling,” the information launch reads.
The newborn was then rushed to hospital and pronounced deceased, police say.
Investigators say there aren’t any excellent suspects.
In an interview with Ontario Chronicle on Friday, Const. Lisa Moskaluk stated investigators will not be at the moment releasing any particulars in regards to the child or the one who has been charged.
“Clearly as you’ll be able to think about, it is a very unhappy and delicate incident, and so there are some particulars we cannot be releasing at the moment,” she stated.
“It is not going to be a straightforward investigation for everybody given the age of the kid and the character of this incident.”
Police haven’t launched any details about anybody concerned with the incident. (CBC)
Moskaluk stated the toddler’s explanation for demise is at the moment undetermined, with a autopsy examination scheduled within the coming days.
She additionally known as the demise a “tragic and upsetting” state of affairs for pals, household, and the neighbourhood, and added that sufferer providers staff have been made obtainable to household and anybody else affected by the incident, in addition to responding police and ambulance crews.
Paul Nunes, who advised Ontario Chronicle he has lived within the space for about 20 years, stated he heard police vehicles with sirens blaring race by way of the intersection near his close by dwelling Thursday.
“So we knew one thing was happening, however not fairly one thing as surprising as this,” he stated, including that typically, it is a “fairly quiet neighbourhood.
“So it is type of surprising that one thing like this might occur.”
