Shane Zachery Flowers, 23, was arrested after his 18-month-old son Dee’ago Alexander Jones was discovered unresponsive in South Los Angeles’ Rosa Bell Motel, ABC 7 reported. The baby’s mother alleged that the California father punched their young son after an incident involving a video game controller.
According to NBS Los Angeles, Dee’ago was found in the motel on Tuesday and taken to a nearby hospital after it was discovered that the young child wasn’t breathing. He was soon after pronounced dead.
An official cause of death has not been released.
A 23-year-old man was arrested in connection with the toddler’s death at a South Los Angeles motel room, officials sayhttps://t.co/If6fZCQSnO
— KTLA (@KTLA) July 15, 2021
Dee’ago’s mother, Ryanna Jones, alleged that her baby’s father admitted to punching their child, telling KTLA that Flowers said he hit Jones after tripping on a controller for video games. The two parents and their son were staying in the South Los Angeles motel due to being in a shelter program for homeless families, according to ABC 7.
Ryanna told KTLA about the incident, “He told me that he didn’t think he hit him that hard for him to pass away. And I kept telling him stop hitting my son. And every time I told him to stop, I got the outcome. I was getting beat up.”
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Touching on the topic of abuse, KTLA reported that Ryanna also stated, “If you guys are in an abusive relationship, then I suggest you leave because this is the outcome I got, my baby, gone because of him,”
According to ABC 7, the California father was listed as a person of interest in Dee’ago’s death before being taken into police custody. The young father was arrested on Wednesday and had his bail set at $100,000, KTLA reported.
Flowers now faces charges for “murder and assault on a child causing death,” NBC Los Angeles reported.
