‘I begged them not to kill my baby’: Tragedy as 13-month-old toddler is shot dead in his stroller
http://www.dailymail.co.uk ^ | 22 March 2013 | Harriet Arkell
Posted on Friday, March 22, 2013 3:50:29 PM by BBell
‘I begged them not to kill my baby’: Tragedy as 13-month-old toddler is shot dead in his stroller by teenage robber in front of mother
Sherry West approached by two boys yards from home in Brunswick, GA
They demanded money before shooting her son Antonio dead as he slept
Police offer $10,000 reward for information about 'senseless killing'
A distraught mother as told how she pleaded with young robbers to spare her toddler's life before they shot him dead as he slept in his stroller.
Sherry West was pushing her 13-month-old son Antonio yards from their home in Brunswick, Georgia, early yesterday morning when she was approached by two African-American boys.
She told how one of them, who looked about 15, demanded money from her and threatened to kill her if she didn't give him any. She told him she didn't have any.
'He said: "Well, I'm going to kill your baby", and I said "Please don't kill my baby."
Ms West added: 'I put my arms over my baby and then he shoved me and then he shot my baby right in the head.'
Ms West began CPR on Antonio but it was in vain and the infant, who had been sleeping when he was shot, died at the scene of the 9am attack
The child's mother suffered a bullet wound to her leg which needed hospital treatment but was allowed home soon afterwards.
Antonio's father Louis Santiago said he wished he had been there to protect his son.
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