Shreveport Police Dept.

Date: Jun 26, 2008

Phone: 318/673-6932 Fax: 318/673-6933

Contact: Kacee Hargrave, Public Information Officer

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Man arrested for baby’s death

Shreveport Police arrested an 18-year-old father Wednesday night for the death of his 3-month-old boy.

The infant was not breathing when he was taken to Willis-Knighton Pierremont on Tuesday. He was admitted into the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit with a severe head injury.

On Wednesday, the baby died, and Shreveport Police took the father into custody.

Grady Thornton of the 200 block of West 79th Street was charged with second-degree murder and booked into the Shreveport City Jail.

He is believed to have struck the child, causing the fatal injury.

Information can be left with Crime Stoppers at 673-7373 or by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at www.crimestoppersshreveportcaddo.com.

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