A Seattle man has been arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting his 9-month-old son.
The Seattle Police Department announced in a post on its website that officers responded to a report of a shooting in the Magnolia neighborhood Wednesday evening. The woman told officers that her baby had been shot, and firefighters pronounced the boy dead at the scene.
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The father was found by police several blocks away and later arrested. As of Friday, he was being held at the King County Correctional Facility on $5 million bail, the Seattle Times reported.
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According to a probable cause affidavit, the 35-year-old man told police he used the drug phencyclidine, commonly known as PCP or angel dust, that day.
He was arrested on charges of murder, assault and illegal possession of a firearm, records show.
The woman told police she was in the bathroom when she heard gunshots. According to her records, she asked her husband about it and he told her that he had fired a “blank shot” at her. When she went to check on her baby, she discovered that she had been shot in the head and she ran outside to get her help.
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The woman later told police that her husband regularly carries a gun and that he had purchased PCP about a week ago, according to the affidavit.
