A 1-year-old Bronx girl who was rushed to the hospital in critical condition late last month died Friday, and police said they are investigating her death as a homicide.

NYPD officers found 1-year-old Imani Mitchell semi-conscious at a building on Union Avenue and East 152 Street in Melrose after responding to a 911 call around 9:30 p.m. on Aug. 28, according to NYPD officials. She was taken to Harlem Hospital and remained there until succumbing last Friday to severe brain injuries, police said.

Officials said Sunday her death had been ruled a homicide.

On Aug. 29, a day after the girl was hospitalized, police said they arrested Mitchell’s mother’s boyfriend, 19-year-old Jerome Thomas, and charged him with two counts of assault and endangering the welfare of a child. They said he lived

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