2 dead infants found on pavement behind Bronx apartment building: NYPD

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NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Two infants died after they were found lying on the pavement behind an apartment building in the Bronx on Monday, the NYPD said.

Police responding to a 911 call around 2 p.m. on Monday found the two baby boys unconscious and unresponsive on the pavement behind a building on College Avenue, near East 171st Street, in the Claremont section of the Bronx, the department said.

The New York Post reported that the infants were wrapped in brown paper. They were taken to a nearby hospital, where they were pronounced dead, police said.

No one has been arrested in connection with their deaths, the NYPD said. An investigation is ongoing.

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