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  • 23
    Mar
    2013
    9:24pm, EDT

    'Somebody shot this child': 911 calls in Georgia attack released

    Sherry West / AP

    This photo provided by Sherry West of Brunswick, Ga., shows her son Antonio Santiago celebrating his first Christmas in December.

    By Lauren DiSanto and David Chang, NBCPhiladelphia.com

    Neighbors of a Georgia woman whose baby was fatally shot in his stroller made frantic calls to 911, some weeping and pleading for help.


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    Police in the coastal city of Brunswick released recordings Saturday of three 911 calls placed right after the shooting.

    Listen to the 911 calls at First Coast News

    One woman sobs as she says: "Somebody shot this child ... Please we need everything we can get."


    No callers reported seeing the shootings Thursday. That morning, 13-month-old Antonio Santiago was killed and his mother, Sherry West, was wounded. West says a teenager shot them because she refused to give him money.

    "A boy approached me and told me he wanted my money and I told him I didn't have any money," said West. "And he said give me your money or I'm going  to kill you, and I'm gonna shoot your baby, and kill your baby. And I said I don't have any money and don't kill my baby."

    See the original report at NBCPhiladelphia.com

    The two teens shot the baby in the head and shot West in the leg, according to investigators.

    One caller solemnly tells an operator: "No, the baby's not breathing." He says the child was shot "right between the eyes."

    A woman can be heard screaming in the background just before police arrive.

    Two teens, ages 17 and 14, were arrested in the shooting on Friday.

    After the teens were arrested, the Brunswick Police Chief called it a "bittersweet" moment.

    "It's bitter because of the occurrences of yesterday, and we all know what that is," said Chief Toby Green. "But it's sweet to know that we have two arrests of the persons who committed this horrendous act."

    West, who previously lived in Gloucester County, N.J., lost another son to violence a few years ago.

    Her son, Shaun Glassey, 18, was stabbed with a steak knife in West Deptford in March of 2008.

    Police say Glassey was the one originally carrying the knife and he had intentions to kill another teen, when his target grabbed the knife. Prosecutors never charged anyone with his death because they said it was self defense.

    Brunswick, Georgia Police Chief Tobe Green says authorities have arrested two teenagers suspected in the shooting death of a baby in a stroller and the wounding of the baby's mother. Video courtesy WJXT.

    229 comments

    UN-freakin believable. You just want scream "get a rope" when you hear about crap like this. I know these two thugs are not representative ove the millions of Americans of color in this country but when you have all the race-baiting coming from the NAACP, New Black Panthers Party, Jesse, Al, obama a …

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    12
    Mar
    2013
    6:49pm, EDT

    Baby dies after being shot five times as dad changes diaper

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    By Emily Florez and Courtney Copenhagen, NBCChicago.com

    A 6-month-old baby has died after she was shot Monday while her father was changing her diaper.


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    After several surgeries, Jonylah Watkins passed away Tuesday morning, Chicago Pastor Corey Brooks confirmed.

    Jonylah's father, identified by family members as 28-year-old Jonathan Watkins, is in stable condition. He was changing the little girl's diaper on the front passenger seat of the family van when the shooting occurred, police said.

    "The city of Chicago should be outraged that a 6-month-old baby could be shot and killed in our city," Brooks said. "It's horrific."

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    Jonylah and Watkins were both taken to hospitals in critical condition after shots rang out at about 12:45 p.m. Monday on the 6500 block of South Maryland Avenue. Watkins was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Jonylah was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital.


    Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said the incident has "very strong gang overtones" and the father, who has an extensive criminal history, was the intended target. Police are pursuing several angles, McCarthy said.

    "This is another tragedy, because no child, certainly not an infant, should be a victim of gun violence," McCarthy told reporters Tuesday.

    Brooks said the baby's mother, Judy Young, is distraught and in a lot of pain. "We're going to find who did this and make sure they are brought to justice," he said. "We're not going to be afraid. We're going to take back our neighborhood."

    Police are still looking for the shooter, who ran up from behind Watkins, fired, and then took off to a nearby blue conversion van, department spokesman John Mirabelli said. Bullets struck Jonathan Watkins in the buttocks and on the right side of his face. His young daughter was hit five times: in the thigh, shoulder, lung, liver and bowels, the family later said.

    Witnesses reported hearing at least 10 gunshots.

    "I just heard like a lot of shots and skid marks, so that's when I ran to the corner," said Patricia McGowan, who lives near the scene but was at a salon at the time gunfire rang out. "There is always gunshots and crime in the neighborhood, always drug activity in the neighborhood. ... It's heartbreaking. We're looking for a place to move out immediately because that could have easily been me coming from the bus."

    Police said Jonathan Watkins has known gang affiliations.

    The baby's grandmother, Mary Young, said her daughter and Watkins were just recently married. Judy Young was grazed by a bullet in the knee about seven months ago, she said, while Jonylah was still in the womb.

    Pastor Brooks has offered a $5,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the little girl's shooter. Brooks gained notoriety last year for camping out on the roof of a south side motel in an effort to raise money for a community center.

    Earlier Monday, Chicago police Supt. Garry McCarthy touted progress in his department's efforts against crime. Shooting incidents in the city are down 19 percent year-over-year, he said.

    "This is a sobering reality we have a lot of work to do even though we're making progress," McCarthy said Tuesday.

    This story was originally published on Tue Mar 12, 2013 6:03 AM EDT

    2093 comments

    Apparently criminals aren't all that interested in gun laws. It's the strangest thing.

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