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19-Month-Old Boy Dies After Being Found Unresponsive In Brooklyn

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- A 19-month-old boy is dead after being found unconscious in Brooklyn Sunday, and police took a person into custody in connection with his death.

Police responded shortly before 8 p.m. Sunday to a 911 call for an emotionally disturbed 20-year-old woman on Ocean Avenue in the Flatbush-Ditmas Park section of Brooklyn, police said.

Upon arriving, they found the toddler unconscious and unresponsive.

Police took the baby to New York Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The boy's identity was not being released Sunday night pending family notification.

Police did not disclose the distraught woman's relationship to the boy, or identify the person in custody.

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