A 2-year-old child died in a domestic homicide in Frankfort, and the child's mother was hospitalized after hurting herself Tuesday, police said.

Frankfort police said they responded at about 4:04 p.m. Tuesday for an unresponsive child found in a home in the 22700-block of Brook Stone Court.

Officers arrived and performed CPR on the 2-year-old child, who was taken to a hospital and later pronounced dead, police said.

Police said the child's mother was found attempting to hurt herself and was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

One neighbor who did not want to be identified noticed the commotion and said investigators had been at the usually quiet cul-de-sac well into the night.

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"I'm very shocked," the neighbor said. "I can't believe that I'm seeing police tape, you know, and really not knowing what's going on."

Carolyn Pappas was among those shaken upon hearing the news about the domestic incident.

"This is just absolutely heartbreaking to understand what happened a couple blocks away, and that it's impacting our community," Pappas said. "It's gut-wrenching to understand that a little 2-year-old could be the victim of such a horrific event."

The home involved remained blocked off Wednesday evening, and a squad car was on the scene.

"This is a community where we never any issues of this sort; so it kind of struck me," Melvin Woods Jr. said.

Many in the area said the ordeal has been devastating to a community left heartbroken by the tragedy.

"Scared obviously for a community that someone could be suffering potentially so badly next-door and we don't know that. It's an opportunity for us all to check on one another to make sure that we're all there for one another," Pappas said.

South suburban neighbors came by the scene Wednesday; one man even dropped off blue balloons at the home.

"That's the least anyone could do, just to pay their respects. He can't be brought back, but it could stop it from happening in the future, if people just reach out to the resources that are available," New Lenox resident Frank Musial said.

A local pizza shop in Frankfort is also sending out a message of love, hoping the tragedy will bring everyone together.

"This is a terrible situation but perhaps it's an opportunity to come close together, speak together a little bit more freely. Don't talk each other down; be there for somebody when they're having a bad day," said Bradley Egbert, owner of Old Plank Pizza Co.

The Will County Coroner's Office still has to do an autopsy on the child, but the investigation continues.

Other family members were not seen around the home Wednesday.

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