A 5-year-old Indiana boy who shot his baby brother dead was high on cocaine at the time, according to prosecutors.
Gatekeepers News reports that Prosecutors further revealed that the dead toddler also had marijuana in his system.
The shocking revelation came as neglect and drug charges were unsealed against the boys’ parents, Deonta Jermaine Johnson, 27, and Shatia Tiara Welch, 24.
According to the Lafayette Journal & Courier, the couple was arrested on the new charges Monday in La Porte, Ind.
The unnamed 5-year-old boy who picked a handgun in their drug den of a home, shot his baby brother, Isiah Johnson in head, police said.
Johnson, who claimed to have been napping on the couch at the time, said he “heard a boom” before he found the 16-month-old boy dead, according to a probable cause affidavit
Prosecutors while announcing the charges, said the dead toddler was later found to have had marijuana in his system, while his brother tested positive for cocaine.
Police also found 93 fentanyl pills as well as marijuana and drug paraphernalia in the couple’s Lafayette apartment following the deadly shooting.
Meanwhile, Mom Welch told police that the gun was hers, claiming that it was usually kept in a locked box under her bed.
The father of the boys – Johnson was also charged with obstruction of justice for allegedly trying to clear the apartment of weed before police arrived.
According to officials, tragedy occurred at the family’s drug-strewn home.
