SOUTH ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) – Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a 2-year-old boy that occurred in South City Friday.
Around 2:20 p.m., police say they received a call about a child hit by a car in the 2600 block of Rutger. Firefighters and paramedics found the the 2-year-old being carried by his mother, not conscious or breathing and with bruises all over his body.
He was taken to a hospital where he later died. Child abuse authorities are also investigating.
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