A one-year-old boy was killed and his mother’s boyfriend has been charged with felony murder in connection to his death on Wednesday in Washington, D.C.
Brian Jamal Wooden, 28, was arrested after police say they received a call about an unconscious child in the DC area at around 7pm.
When authorities arrived to the 4700 block of Benning Road SE, they found little Carter Sanders unconscious.
One-year-old Carter Sanders was found unresponsive at his home. Police say his mother’s boyfriend Brian Jamal Wooden, 28, beat the little boy to death
Police spokeswoman Karimah Bilal says little Carter Sanders died from multiple blunt force trauma
But, there was something wrong with the baby six hours earlier, according to a neighbor.
Around 1pm, the neighbor who did not want to be identified, said he saw the mother’s boyfriend take the baby out of her SUV.
Wooden told the neighbor, ‘The baby ain’t breathing, the baby won’t wake up.’
The neighbor told NBC4 ‘He put the baby in his arm and took him upstairs, but I believe the baby was dead.’
Police did not receive a call about the baby for another six hours.
When authorities arrived shortly after 7pm, they found the child unconscious and tried CPR to no avail.
Sanders was taken to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Police spokeswoman Karimah Bilal tells The Washington Post that Wooden is the boyfriend of Carter’s mother.
Bilal says the baby died at a hospital of ‘multiple blunt-force injuries.’
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide.