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An infant boy injured during an argument between his parents earlier this week has died.
The Jefferson County Coroner's Office on Friday identified the boy as D'Mario Hall. He was 2 months and 24 days old.
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Police and medics were called to the apartment after a domestic dispute erupted there, said Fairfield Police Chief Nick Dyer.
When they arrived on the scene, they found D'Mario unresponsive. He was rushed to Children's of Alabama where he was declared brain dead Monday afternoon. He remained on life support until he was officially pronounced dead at 2:15 p.m. Thursday.
Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates said an autopsy will be performed today to determine the exact cause of death.
D'Mario's mother, 31-year-old Ratunda Smith, is charged with aggravated child abuse. Authorities said the boy's father was holding the baby when Smith fought him and caused him to drop the baby onto the concrete floor. She then picked up D'Mario by his clothing and shook him and swung him, according to an affidavit in the case.
D'Mario suffered a fractured skull, bleeding on the brain and retinal damage.
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Smith's four other children - two boys and two girls ages 7 and under - were at the hospital with the family and were taken into protective custody by Birmingham police.
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The father has not been charged with any crime. Dyer said both parents are deaf and an interpreter has been used to help with the investigation.
This story will be updated if more information is released today about D'Mario's death or upgraded charges.
D'Mario is the 13th child countywide under the age of 18 whose death has been investigation as a homicide this year -six of them age 12 and under - compared to six for all of 2016.