Boy, 3, dies after police go to Moorhead apartment on medical assistance call

Police have not explained any of the circumstances surrounding the boy’s death.

The Minnesota Star Tribune
March 18, 2024 at 10:18PM

A toddler died Monday after Moorhead, Minn., police went to an apartment concerning a medical emergency, officials said.

Police said their officers responded to a call about 1:10 a.m. at an apartment in the 1500 block of Belsly Boulevard.

An ambulance took the boy to Sanford hospital, where he died, police said.

Fire emergency dispatch said the boy was 3 years old and added that a female in the unit in the Stonecrest Apartments was reported to be screaming, “Breathe, baby boy, breathe!”

In a statement, police said that “there is no known threat to the public” although they classified the death as suspicious.

Police have not explained circumstances surrounding the boy’s death, nor have they identified the child.

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