Cops are investigating after a 2-year-old boy was found dead in his Staten Island home on Friday evening.

Police found little Xavier Battiste unconscious and unresponsive in a public housing building in Mariner’s Harbor at around 5 p.m. after receiving a 911 call, according to a report.

First responders rushed the tot to Richmond University North Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

There were no visible injuries to the little boy’s body, and the Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death.

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