Garland

Man, Infant Found Dead in Garland Apartment

Police in Garland are investigating the deaths of a man and an infant inside an apartment Tuesday afternoon.
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Police in Garland are investigating the deaths of a man and an infant inside an apartment Tuesday afternoon.

According to police, officers were called at about 5 p.m. to the Equinox on the Park Apartments in the 6300 block of North Shiloh Road, where the child's mother found the baby and the man's body.

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First responders began CPR on the child before he was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead, police said.

Police say they suspect the man, who they described as the infant's father, took his own life inside a garage.

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Officers described the infant as being a few months old but were not immediately able to provide an age.

β€œWe really have more questions than answers at this point,” Ofc. Matt Pesta, a police spokesman, told The Dallas Morning News. β€œThis is the hardest kind of call we respond to, anytime there’s a child involved,” he said.

An official cause of death from the medical examiner's office has not yet been determined.

The police department offered a Victim's Assistance Advocate to help support the family and grief counselors to first responders.

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