A man and a child in his care died Tuesday morning as police investigated a disturbance at their home.
It all began when police went to an apartment on Family Street off Soldier Road around 12:30am.
The officers met a naked man, who claimed that his landlord had tried to kill him and his girlfriend in their apartment.
The landlord reportedly knocked on the door to their apartment in the wee hours of the morning.
When they opened it, the landlord reportedly attacked the male tenant and “beat his clothes off.”
When the police officers went to question the landlord, he allegedly locked himself inside and jumped through a window in an attempt to escape.
The officers caught and arrested the landlord. While questioning the complainants, the police officers learned that the landlord had a young boy in his care.
The officers went inside the apartment to check on the toddler and found him dead on a bed.
When the officers went to the check on landlord, who was handcuffed, he was also dead.
Police are trying to determine the relationship between the landlord and the child.
The officers who responded to the call were wearing body cameras.
