Posted on 07/27/2023 10:58:30 AM PDT by Morgana
A five-year-old boy high on cocaine shot his toddler brother in the head, and prosecutors have charged their parents with neglect.
The boy, who has not been named, shot and killed his little brother, Isiah Johnson - who had marijuana in his system - back in March at the family's home in Lafayette, Indiana.
Deonta Jermaine Johnson, 27, and Shatia Tiara Welch, 24, have been charged with neglect and various drug charges after cops swooped on their property.
Prosecutors say little Isiah, 16 months, died from a gunshot wound to the head and had marijuana in his blood, while his older brother, who shot him, tested positive for cocaine.
Johnson was asleep inside the apartment at the time of the shooting. Welsh, a nursing graduate, was not present during the incident, according to authorities.
Initially, Johnson told police Isiah fell or was injured by his brother and denied owning a gun.
He claimed Isiah had not been shot before admitting the children's mother, Welch, had a gun on the property.
Welch confirmed she owned the gun but told police that she usually kept it locked in a box under her bed but had lost a second set of keys to it.
Police found a gun in the safe under a bed but also found a gun in the drawer of a dresser on the property.
Johnson also faces a charge of obstruction of justice for removing marijuana from the apartment before police arrived after the shooting.
Surveillance footage caught him placing a bag into a car after the shooting - police searched the vehicle and found marijuana.
Officers also found 93 fentanyl pills, marijuana and drug paraphernalia inside the apartment when they searched it after the horror.
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According to the Indiana Licensing Board, she has a Nurse Aide license, so not actually a “nursing graduate”.
Love,
O2
Lord, have mercy.
I was wondering if maybd the baby in this story was given edibles to make him sleep. Of had smoke blown in his face...or just second-hand smoke. What a nightmare.
Crack-babies are so 1980s....
W don’t notice much because they ae just part of the background noise now.
All growed up, raising crack families of their own...
IQ of a hammer.
Deonta and Shantia, I know what you’re thinking. But they’re not lesbians.
Can tell by the names. Nothing new here.
A family member who use to rent apartments ...said they use the excuse to go in apartment because they could see trash laying around and were afraid it was a fire hazard (good one)...they knew there were 2 additional people living there that were not on the lease.
Anyhow, they had their drugs and crack pipes laying out in the open. Then the called the police. Got the whole lot booted out. Although, the police admitted he really didn’t have the authority to do that.
The point is ..druggies leave their stuff laying around ..don’t care if their are kids around.
there used to be a time when parents would guard over their little ones like grizzly bears...
Tragically, this is the state of things today. No “Parent of the Year” awards will be forthcoming.
“Modern times when states legalize marijuana “
Look I have no problem with someone who is 80 years old with glaucoma smoking weed to relieve the symptoms. With that said these two don’t look like they are either 80 or have glaucoma.
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