DETROIT -- A 9-month-old boy was found dead in a neighborhood on Detroit's east side Friday morning.

A couple argued inside a house on Milner Street early Friday morning, Local 4 reported. The argument spilled outside and furniture was tossed outside, the station reported. The man then left the house with the infant, according to police. The mother called police.

Police arrived a short time later, and found the man cutting himself with a knife along nearby Gratiot Avenue, the station reported. Police were able to take the knife from the man, but the infant was not with him.

Officers searched the neighborhood and located the infant's body about two blocks away in a yard on Clarion Street, Local 4 reported.

Police have not released details of what happened to the infant.

The father was being treated for his knife wounds at a hospital.

The family's name was not released.

Police continue to investigate.

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