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Police: 11-Year-Old Threw Baby Out Of Window
Child Didn't Fall As Call To Police Claimed, Investigators Say
CINCINNATI -- Police said an 11-year-old boy threw a 1-year-old boy out of a third-floor window over the weekend, according to WLWT-TV in Cincinnati.
Police had responded to a report that the child had fallen out of a stairwell window in an apartment building in Cincinnati. But police quickly became suspicious of the account and started a criminal investigation.
The 11-year-old, described as a family acquaintance, was charged Monday with felonious assault and has been issued a citation to appear in juvenile court.
The baby, Levontay Clark, landed in soft mud and suffered only minor injuries, police said. He was playing and appeared OK beside his mother when she talked Monday with WLWT-TV.
The baby's mother, Lawanda Clark, said the 11-year-old's mother was supposed to be caring for the baby.
The 11-year-old occasionally helped baby-sit, the baby's mother said.
"He's holding my baby, changing his Pampers, giving him juice in his bottle, and now, this is the 11-year-old that pushed my baby out the window. I was kind off messed up in the head," Clark said.
Police had responded to a call about 5 a.m. Sunday that the child had fallen out of a stairwell window in an apartment building in Cincinnati.
But police quickly became suspicious of the account and started a criminal investigation.
Police questioned how the 1-year-old managed to raise himself to the stairwell window and how he managed to get in the stairwell in the first place.
"It seems odd," Lt. Chris Ruehmer said during the investigation. "The window in the stairwell is a good reach."
When investigators arrived on the scene, the child's mother wasn't there and adults in the apartment were asleep.
Police said the baby fell on the one spot in the yard that wasn't covered by debris or trash.
The child suffered multiple scratches to his face and was treated at Children's Hospital.
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Boy Injured When Gun Goes Off at School
A gun in a bookbag discharged in an elementary school classroom Monday and the second-grader who brought it was shot in the hand, police said.
The injury to the 7-year-old was not believed to be life-threatening. Police were uncertain why the gun went off.
"It happened in the classroom, just as they were taking their coats off," police Sgt. David Sicilian said.
Columbus schools did not cancel classes, but some parents took their children from Leawood Elementary School. There were 15 children in class when the .45-caliber pistol gun went off, Sicilian said.
The boy's mother "indicated she had no idea where the weapon came from," Sicilian said.
The child was taken to Children's Hospital, but the mother would not authorize the release of any information about his condition, said Amy Ranalli, a hospital spokeswoman.
Kim Bell, 46, standing outside of the school with her fourth-grade son, said teachers tried to keep the shooting quiet so not to scare the other children.
"It's a very good school, very good teachers," she said. "It's not a school a kid would bring a gun to."
Child Didn't Fall As Call To Police Claimed, Investigators Say
CINCINNATI -- Police said an 11-year-old boy threw a 1-year-old boy out of a third-floor window over the weekend, according to WLWT-TV in Cincinnati.
Police had responded to a report that the child had fallen out of a stairwell window in an apartment building in Cincinnati. But police quickly became suspicious of the account and started a criminal investigation.
The 11-year-old, described as a family acquaintance, was charged Monday with felonious assault and has been issued a citation to appear in juvenile court.
The baby, Levontay Clark, landed in soft mud and suffered only minor injuries, police said. He was playing and appeared OK beside his mother when she talked Monday with WLWT-TV.
The baby's mother, Lawanda Clark, said the 11-year-old's mother was supposed to be caring for the baby.
The 11-year-old occasionally helped baby-sit, the baby's mother said.
"He's holding my baby, changing his Pampers, giving him juice in his bottle, and now, this is the 11-year-old that pushed my baby out the window. I was kind off messed up in the head," Clark said.
Police had responded to a call about 5 a.m. Sunday that the child had fallen out of a stairwell window in an apartment building in Cincinnati.
But police quickly became suspicious of the account and started a criminal investigation.
Police questioned how the 1-year-old managed to raise himself to the stairwell window and how he managed to get in the stairwell in the first place.
"It seems odd," Lt. Chris Ruehmer said during the investigation. "The window in the stairwell is a good reach."
When investigators arrived on the scene, the child's mother wasn't there and adults in the apartment were asleep.
Police said the baby fell on the one spot in the yard that wasn't covered by debris or trash.
The child suffered multiple scratches to his face and was treated at Children's Hospital.
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Boy Injured When Gun Goes Off at School
A gun in a bookbag discharged in an elementary school classroom Monday and the second-grader who brought it was shot in the hand, police said.
The injury to the 7-year-old was not believed to be life-threatening. Police were uncertain why the gun went off.
"It happened in the classroom, just as they were taking their coats off," police Sgt. David Sicilian said.
Columbus schools did not cancel classes, but some parents took their children from Leawood Elementary School. There were 15 children in class when the .45-caliber pistol gun went off, Sicilian said.
The boy's mother "indicated she had no idea where the weapon came from," Sicilian said.
The child was taken to Children's Hospital, but the mother would not authorize the release of any information about his condition, said Amy Ranalli, a hospital spokeswoman.
Kim Bell, 46, standing outside of the school with her fourth-grade son, said teachers tried to keep the shooting quiet so not to scare the other children.
"It's a very good school, very good teachers," she said. "It's not a school a kid would bring a gun to."
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