The Newport Police Department is investigating the death of an infant.

Officers responded to the Festival Field Housing Development on Girard Avenue around 11 p.m. Thursday for a report of an unresponsive 2-month-old.

The infant was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.

A 17-year-old was taken into custody for felony delinquent charges, according to police, which requires an arraignment in family court.

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