Lancaster

Authorities investigating death of 3-year-old boy in Lancaster

Deputies responded late Tuesday to a call from a home in the high desert community north of Los Angeles.

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Authorities are investigating the death of a 3-year-old boy in Lancaster.

Deputies responded at about 11 p.m. Tuesday to a call in the 43000 block of 57th Street in the northern Los Angeles County community. Paramedics performed CPR, but the boy later died at a hospital.

When deputies arrived, they found the boy with a cut to his upper body, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

The boy's parents were home at the time.

"A male adult discovered at the location also suffered a medical emergency," the sheriff's department said in a statement. "He was transported to a local hospital and in stable condition."

Details about a cause of death were not immediately available. No arrests were reported Wednesday morning.

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