EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was update on Saturday, June 29, 2024, with a statement from the Little Red School House Child Development Center.

An employee at a Harlingen daycare is in custody after a 15-month-old was found unresponsive, according to the Harlingen Police Department.

The toddler remains hospitalized in critical condition, police said.

The unidentified female employee was arrested after Harlingen police officers responded to a report of an unresponsive female child at a daycare center located at 1502 Dixieland road on Thursday at around 2:53 p.m.

The address provided by police is the Little Red School House Child Development Center.

A Harlingen police officer performed CPR on the child until EMS crews took over, the release added.

The suspect in custody was only identified as a 30-year-old female daycare worker. Police said she was arrested on a charge of injury to a child and remains in custody pending her arraignment. 

A statement released by the daycare center on Instagram said the incident was recorded on video and reviewed by police.

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"As a result, the individual involved has been taken into custody and she will never work for The Little Red Schoolhouse again," the post stated.