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“Parents-of-the-year” Shatia Welch, 24, and Deonta Johnson, 27, were busted this week in LaPorte, Ind., after one
The tragic shooting took place on March 28, 2023, but charges were brought this week after an investigation.
Johnson claims he was asleep when the pandemonium took place. Police claim Johnson woke up and moved some marijuana to his car before checking on his sons.
“Johnson then claimed he woke up on the couch, saw (Welch’s 5-year-old son) on the couch, heard a boom, took the marijuana to the car, went to Victim 1’s bedroom and found Victim 1 dead and called Welch,” according to the prosecutor’s probable cause affidavit.
2023 America…"5-year-old Indiana boy high on cocaine fatally shoots 16-month-old brother high on marijuana"https://t.co/FUjWEnQkVF— Mrgunsngear (@Mrgunsngear) July 28, 2023
“When I arrived on scene, I don’t believe any life-saving measures were taken,” Lafayette police Lieutenant Matt Gard revealed to the Lafayette Courier and Journal, indicating that the toddler was dead when police arrived.
During their initial investigation, police found weed, drug paraphernalia, and 93 tablets of fentanyl. No arrests were made at the time.
According to the mother — who was not at home at the time of the shooting — the gun was hers and was “usually” locked in a box under the bed but couldn’t recall if it was locked on the day of the tragic but avoidable shooting. --->READ MORE HERE
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. --->READ MORE HERE
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