Sherry West, Antonio West: Brunswick, Georgia mom says two kids shot and killed her baby over money
Police responding to a 911 call in southeastern Georgia found a baby boy shot dead and a mother with a leg wound Thursday morning.
The incident in Brunswick prompted a search for two young male suspects, one between 13 and 15 years old, and the other possibly as young as 10.
While the mother said she was the victim of an attempted robbery, police said they had not identified a motive so far. They did not provide any other details of the alleged crime, other than to say that after the "senseless act," both suspects fled on foot.
The mother, Sherry West, who was treated and released from a hospital, told CNN affiliate WAWS that she was walking her 13-month-old named Antonio in his stroller Thursday morning when the two youths approached her and demanded money.
"He said, 'I am going to kill you if you don't give me your money,'" said Sherry West. She said she insisted she had no cash so the older boy shot her in the leg.
"He says, 'Well, I am going to kill your baby.'"
She tried to shield the baby, but the boy shoved her away and shot the infant in the head, she said.
CNN affiliate WJXT reported the baby died at the scene.
No weapon was recovered at the scene in a residential neighborhood, Police chief Tobe Green told reporters. City Manager Bill Weeks said no other witnesses have come forward.
"This is obviously just a terrible day in the city of Brunswick," Mayor Bryan Thompson said at a news conference, "and made even more terrible by the senseless killing of a young child and it appears perpetrated by children themselves."
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