Overview
- Authorities responded to a medical-emergency call in Valley Village, which came in Tuesday around 3:30 to 3:40 p.m., and found a 4-year-old boy unresponsive in a parked car.
- Los Angeles Fire Department crews arrived to the 12700 block of McCormick Street near Magnolia Boulevard, where the child was later confirmed dead, officials said.
- LAPD launched a child abuse investigation into the death, a step police often take when a child dies under circumstances that warrant a criminal inquiry.
- Officers had not taken the parents into custody as of Tuesday afternoon, and police have not released the child’s name.
- Investigators have not said whether charges will be filed, and the case remains open as they collect evidence and interview witnesses.