PITTSBURGH — A Pittsburgh man is facing charges after police say he critically injured a baby.
According to court documents, Dominic Pinnick, 18, who is the boyfriend of the baby’s mother, was looking after a 10-month-old baby while the mother went to get food and visit a family member.
Emergency crews were called to the 7100 block of Kedron Street at 4:18 p.m. on Friday for reports of a baby who had fallen off a bed. That’s what Pinnick initially told police and family members.
The baby was taken to UPMC Children’s Hospital. Court documents said he had a brain bleed and swelling to his brain, which led to emergency surgery to remove a piece of his skull.
He also appeared to have injuries on his chest and a possible broken arm. The injuries were consistent with violent shaking and were reported to be suspicious.
Police said they interviewed Pinnick on Saturday. According to court paperwork, he told police he went to console the baby, whom he found crying on the floor on the side of the bed. They said he admitted to hitting the baby’s head three or four times on the wooden canopy bed posts in the bedroom, aggressively rocking him and aggressively rubbing the back of his head after he grew frustrated when his attempts to get the baby to stop crying were unsuccessful.
One of the neighbors we talked to had tears welling up in the corner of her eyes and some words for anyone who would harm a child.
“Take a walk, take a shower,” Cheryl Burton said. “It’s a baby, how could you hurt a child of any size? How could you do it?”
Burton said her heart was bleeding for the family who has lived on the street as long as she’s been around.
Pinnick is in the Allegheny County Jail, without bail after a judge deemed him to be a flight risk. The attempted homicide charge will soon be upgraded to criminal homicide.
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