The Tallmadge Police Department is investigating the death of a 2-year-old child on Sunday.
According to police, officers were dispatched to an apartment in the 300 block of South Avenue around 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
Police said the child’s father had left with the child to go to an urgent care. Tallmadge EMS took the child to Akron Children’s Hospital, where they were pronounced dead, according to police.
The Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office is conducting an autopsy Monday. The office didn’t have any information available as of Monday morning.
Tallmadge police didn’t release any other details about the child’s death, including why officers responded. The department said that it will release a statement after the medical examiner’s office releases its initial report.