AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF)- Neighbors are left in shock Tuesday after a 16-month-old was found dead, and another young child was sent to the Children’s Hospital of Georgia.

“I looked out the window, saw a bunch of sirens. Fire trucks, police cars, ambulances. I couldn’t really tell where they were, but they were right along in here and I knew something bad had to be happening," said Sonia Jones.

The Richmond County Coroner's Office responded to a home on Ward Avenue in South Augusta after reports of a child death.

A 16-month-old child was found dead at the home, and another young child was transported to the Children's Hospital of Georgia.

“My son just had a little baby girl—5 months old. You think of that because the kids are our future. So, to hear that, it really saddens me man," Kenneth B

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