Boy, 5, high on COCAINE fatally shoots his 16-month-old brother who was high on marijuana

[mountaineer]

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. ...

More, including photos, at Daily Mail

[Kamaji]

[mountaineer]

These people should be hanged.

... Young Isiah Johnson died from a gunshot wound to the head after his unnamed brother found a handgun in their drug den of a home, police said.

Johnson claimed to have been napping on the couch at the time, saying he “heard a boom” before he found the 16-month-old boy dead, according to a probable cause affidavit

The dead toddler was later found to have had marijuana in his system, while his brother tested positive for cocaine, prosecutors said while announcing the charges.  ...

https://nypost.com/2023/07/27/5-year-old-who-shot-and-killed-baby-brother-had-done-cocaine/

[libertybele]

Wow!  How devastating. More and more there is absolute disregard for our youth.

[deb]

Jesus weeps.

[LMAO]

How the hell do kids that young get these drugs into their system?????

 

[sneakypete]

How the hell do kids that young get these drugs into their system?????

@LMAO

I  can see the 5  year old stealing from Pop's stash to see what catching a buzz is like,but a toddler smoking pot is pretty freaking hard for me to believe.

[Texas Yellow Rose]

 
Judge Roy Bean, I wish you were here.  We need you now!