Aurora police arrested a man on suspicion of murder in a 4-year-old child’s death over the weekend, the department announced Monday.
Alexander Martinez-Armstrong was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder and booked into the Arapahoe County Detention Center, where he was being held Monday morning without bail, according to .
Aurora officers responded to an apartment in the 14100 block of East Tennessee Avenue at about 10 p.m. Saturday, after a caller told dispatchers that a young child was unconscious and not breathing, .
Paramedics took the child, an unidentified 4-year-old boy, to the hospital with “significant injuries,” where he later died, police said. Police did not specify the nature of the boy’s injuries. The 4-year-old’s cause of death will be released by the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office.
Martinez-Armstrong told police he had hit the boy, who is not his son, according to the department.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
