Infant slain in stroller: Ga. mom says teen gunman asked, "Do you want me to kill your baby?"

By: Crimesider Staff
Topics: Daily Blotter

The scene of a shooting in Brunswick, Ga. where an infant was fatally shot and his mother wounded while walking in their neighborhood on Thursday, March 21, 2013

/ WTOC

(AP) BRUNSWICK, Ga. - A Georgia woman said Friday a teenager trying to rob her at gunpoint asked "Do you want me to kill your baby?" before he fatally shot her 13-month-old son in the head.

Sherry West wept while she told The Associated Press that she pleaded with the gunman and a younger accomplice who approached her Thursday morning as she walked near their home in coastal Brunswick.

"He asked me for money and I said I didn't have it," she said. "When you have a baby, you spend all your money on babies. They're expensive. And he kept asking and I just said `I don't have it.' And he said, `Do you want me to kill your baby?' And I said, `No, don't kill my baby!"'

Police were combing school records and canvassing neighborhoods searching for the pair. While police have said the two boys were between the ages of 10 and 15, the mother says she believes the younger boy was as young as 5 years old.

She said the teen fired four shots, the first into the ground. West didn't see a shell casing ejected, and said she assumed the gun wasn't real.

Then he fired at her head and the bullet grazed her left ear - she has a small scab and bruising there. He fired again and shot her in the left leg above the knee. "I didn't know I was hurt."

"The boy proceeded to go around to the stroller and he shot my baby in the face," she said. "And then he just shoved me when I started screaming and he ran down London Street with the little boy."

Police spokesman Todd Rhodes gave few details about the investigation Friday, but said no weapon has been found and that investigators were checking school attendance records for leads.

Several people in the neighborhood called 911 after they heard the gunshots fired, but Rhodes said investigators believed that the mother was the only witness to what happened.

"Understand this: There is no clear motive right now," he said.

He urged anyone with information to call Brunswick police. There is a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

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by damarettir March 23, 2013 8:22 AM EDT: He should have done it in MD, if caught 3 squares a day and cable tv for life! No death penalty in MD anymore!; Reply to this comment


by fantod-2009 March 23, 2013 2:03 AM EDT: This scumbag animal needs to be tortured slowly in the slowest most painful manner possible.; Reply to this comment


by helloterran March 22, 2013 5:27 PM EDT: Democrat: Let's ban black teens!; Reply to this comment


by lloydbest1 March 22, 2013 5:23 PM EDT: This just in from the Savannah News:

"BRUNSWICK — Police have arrested two teenagers suspected in the shooting death of a baby in a stroller and the wounding of the baby's mother.
Brunswick Police Chief Tobe Green said Friday that 17-year-old Demarquis Elkins is charged with first-degree murder as an adult.
A 14-year-old is also charged with murder, but he was not identified because he is a juvenile.

An arrest is not necessarily a proof of guilt but it IS an indication there's a reason to think these two are guilty. This case will (and should be) watched very closely. The prosecution should tread very carefully should it comes to trial because if it turns out these guys ARE guilty, springing them on a "technicality" would be a tragic affront to justice.; Reply to this comment


by webgone March 22, 2013 5:13 PM EDT: Everybody can hear the cry of a Mother,
everybody knows something happened far beyond measurement.

Now the cycle of violence will accelerate,
remember the shooting of the 16 year old in N.Y. ?

What do they both have in common ?

If legal officer or illegal gangs,
they were sure fast and could not wait; they were loaded with negative emotions.

When is enough, enough?

When we start accepting it is the way they have been treated,the way been raised, what home did they have, what example led them to become monsters on the street ?

This is deep inside all of us what kind of society we want to have.

There is much more inside of us than just money and having fun,
we need to change fast, our attitude is corrupt, our behavior bad example to little children.

It all starts in the childhood no matter what you think.

I take the liberty to post this,
despite this very tragic event,
knowing that no mother would have power to take the time and read these lines.

Her best she could ever give for all her future was her baby.
My prayers and hope that she will be ok.

If she does read such post here,
I say her motherhood is not over yet,
she can much improve by helping others,
and remember her baby will meet her again someday.

And for others to post in here,
please restrict yourself to kindness and respect.; Reply to this comment

by hollish22 March 22, 2013 5:06 PM EDT

Why would he shoot a baby in the face with the mother only wounded? I hope I'm wrong about what I'm thinking but it's bad either way.

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by ChirsGC March 22, 2013 8:46 PM EDT: If these little bastards are indeed the ones who did this, they need taken to a field somewhere for a bullet to the back of the head and left for the buzzards. Enough is enough!


by milwaukeegregg March 22, 2013 5:01 PM EDT: There is a devil and he is alive and well!!; Reply to this comment


by 6543mike March 22, 2013 4:51 PM EDT: After reading more about this from other sources, it sounds like the child is now better off in heaven.; Reply to this comment

by Gail_H March 22, 2013 4:51 PM EDT

The baby shoulda had a gun! - Wayne LePierre

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by bsally47 March 23, 2013 4:54 PM EDT: Further proof that stupid can't be fixed. It is no wonder nothing gets done in this county. Comments like that one and the thought process that is behind it are THE problem in this country. We are screwed..... luckily it is the other guys fault though, huh?


by eqreynolds1985 March 22, 2013 4:44 PM EDT: There are so many things wrong here, there's a list. But bringing back capital punishment for children has GOT to be among them. If you're dead because a 15 year old shot you, or a 55 year old, you're just as dead. No mercy for these animals. No rehabilitation. They don't deserve the life they take from others.; Reply to this comment