Boy, 5, high on COCAINE fatally shoots his 16-month-old brother who was high on marijuana inside Indiana home: Parents are charged with neglect *Isiah Johnson, 16 months, was shot in the head by his older brother in Indiana in March at his family's home
*Their father, Deonta Johnson, 27, was asleep at the time of the shooting
*Both parents have now been charged with felony neglect by authorities
By Emma James, Senior Reporter For Dailymail.Com
Published: 09:03 EDT, 27 July 2023 | Updated: 11:15 EDT, 27 July 2023
A five-year-old boy high on cocaine shot his toddler brother in the head, as prosecutors 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 - 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. ...
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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