{"id":1984491,"date":"2023-07-27T18:53:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T22:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-year-old-who-fatally-shot-infant-brother-was-high-on-cocaine-prosecutors-say\/"},"modified":"2023-07-27T18:55:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T22:55:35","slug":"5-year-old-who-fatally-shot-infant-brother-was-high-on-cocaine-prosecutors-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-year-old-who-fatally-shot-infant-brother-was-high-on-cocaine-prosecutors-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutors claim 5-year-old who killed baby brother was on cocaine."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F5-year-old-who-fatally-shot-infant-brother-was-high-on-cocaine-prosecutors-say%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1984491&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Tragic\u2063 Incident Reveals Shocking \u2062Details: Boy High\u200b on Cocaine Shoots Younger Brother<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a heartbreaking incident earlier this year,\u200b a five-year-old\u2062 boy \u2064tragically shot his \u200c16-month-old brother. \u200bHowever, what makes \u2063this case\u2063 even more\u200d disturbing is\u2064 the revelation that the five-year-old was high on \u2063cocaine at the time, while the deceased toddler tested positive \u200bfor marijuana, according \u2064to prosecutors.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Unveiling the Shocking Truth<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portland-mayor-ted-wheeler-pepper-sprays-man-stalking-him-at-restaurant\/\" title=\"Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Pepper Sprays Man Stalking Him At Restaurant\">incident occurred<\/a> on March 28 when\u2062 the five-year-old boy shot\u200b his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-begged-family-member-to-watch-yourself-in-business-dealings-report\/\" title=\"Biden Begged Family Member To \u2018Watch Yourself\u2019 In Business Dealings: Report\">younger brother<\/a> in the head. Upon investigation, officers administered a drug \u200btest to the \u2063five-year-old, which came back positive for cocaine. Additionally, an \u2064autopsy\u200d of the deceased toddler revealed the presence of marijuana in his \u200dsystem.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Charges Against the Parents<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u2064shocking details emerged as prosecutors unsealed charges against the children&#8217;s parents, Deonta Johnson, 27, \u2063and\u200b Shatia Welch, 24, of \u200bLafayette, Indiana. The couple \u2062now faces three charges of \u200bchild neglect and several \u2063drug charges.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>A Disturbing \u2063Discovery<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Following the tragic death \u200bof \u2062the\u200c child, \u2062police made a \u200ddisturbing\u2062 discovery. They\u200d found 93 pills of fentanyl within reach\u2064 of the five-year-old boy, along with marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Furthermore, marijuana and a \u2064grinder were\u200c found inside Johnson&#8217;s car, indicating an attempt\u200c to hide \u2064the drugs.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Obstruction of Justice<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Johnson, \u200cthe \u2062father of the deceased 16-month-old, is also facing charges \u200bof obstruction of \u200djustice. He allegedly tried to \u200dclear the apartment of drugs \u200cbefore the police arrived. Johnson was the only other person present in the building at the time of the shooting.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Conflicting \u200bStories<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to officials, Johnson\u2062 changed his\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blm-activist-ruined-white-students-life-with-bogus-allegation-she-threatened-to-kill-protesters\/\" title=\"BLM Activist Ruined White Student\u2019s Life With Bogus Allegation She Threatened to Kill Protesters\">story multiple times<\/a> during\u2064 questioning. He initially \u200ddenied owning a\u200c gun and \u200beven denied that the\u2064 victim \u200chad \u2063been shot\u2063 at all. However, he later admitted that Welch, the children&#8217;s mother, owned the gun used by their \u200colder son to shoot his brother.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>A Locked Box and Forgotten \u200dSafety \u2062Measures<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Welch claimed that she always kept her \u2062gun in a locked box under her bed. \u2063However, she couldn&#8217;t recall \u2063if she had locked the safe when \u2062she put the gun away\u200c that\u200c weekend. Police found the gun on a dresser in the couple&#8217;s \u200bbedroom, contradicting Welch&#8217;s \u2063statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE\u2064 TO GET THE \u2063DAILY \u200bWIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>A Tragic Turn of \u2062Events<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The couple was \u200barrested in LaPorte, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-year-old-who-fatally-shot-infant-brother-was-high-on-cocaine-prosecutors-say\/\" title=\"Prosecutors claim 5-year-old who killed baby brother was on cocaine.\">city approximately 90 miles north<\/a> of Lafayette. They\u2064 were subsequently extradited \u2062to\u200d Lafayette on \u2062Tuesday afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prosecutors revealed that a 5-year-old boy, who tragically killed his 16-month-old brother, was under the influence of cocaine. Shockingly, the deceased toddler also tested positive for marijuana. On March 28, the 5-year-old shot his younger brother in the head. Following the incident, a drug test confirmed the presence of cocaine in the older child&#8217;s system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2107,"featured_media":1984492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1984491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1984491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1984492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1984491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1984491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1984491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}