Police are investigating after a baby girl was found dead on the driveway of a home

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO/Gray News) - Police in Ohio are investigating after a baby girl was found dead on the driveway of a Cleveland home.

The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner said the baby was found in the 2200 block of W. 73rd St. on Saturday.

The home is located in the city’s West Boulevard neighborhood.

The Cleveland Police Department said officers responded to a suspected overdose at 2:17 a.m.

When officers arrived, Cleveland EMS was already treating a 39-year-old woman for an “altered mental status apparently from an unknown substance.”

“As the officers began to question and investigate what was going on, they learned that a baby was possibly nearby,” Cleveland Police Sgt. Diaz said.

The officers immediately searched the area and found the baby inside a cloth shopping bag on the driveway.

“EMS was able to assess the child and pronounced the baby dead at the scene,” Diaz said.

The mother, whose name was not released, was transported to a hospital for further treatment.

The medical examiner will determine the baby’s cause of death.

Diaz said this death has been hard on the entire police department.

“Officers are human beings. We are parents, grandparents, so these types of incidents are always difficult and it never gets easy,” Diaz said. “It is still difficult to see a young child lose its life.”