Baby dies at Staten Island hospital, parents charged with reckless endangerment: NYPD
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) — A baby boy with “visible” trauma to his left arm was taken to a Staten Island hospital where he was pronounced dead Saturday morning, officials said.
Police responded to a 911 call at 240 Broadway at 6:46 a.m. Officers discovered a 1-month-old baby boy unconscious and unresponsive. EMS took the baby to Richmond University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
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Doctors at the hospital also found an injury, possibly a burn, believed to be at least a week old, police sources said.
The baby’s parents, both from Staten Island, were charged with reckless endangerment in the first and second degree. Police identified the father as 38-year-old Leonard Thompson and the mother as 36-year-old Jenice Lightfoot.
Police did not release the baby’s name. The office of the Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York will determine the cause of death.
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