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Autopsy scheduled in death of 2-month-old

PITTSBURGH — An autopsy is scheduled Thursday on a 2-month-old girl who was found dead in a Larimer home Wednesday night.

Authorities said Mackenzie Hopkins was found unresponsive just after 8 p.m. at a relative’s home on Shetland Street.

She was taken to Children's Hospital where she died at 9:11 p.m., a spokesman for the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office said.

City homicide detectives were called to investigate, which is normal practice in the cases of deaths of very young children.

Channel 11’s news exchange partners at TribLIVE contributed to this report.