BUSHWICK, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A Brooklyn man was charged with murder in the gruesome death of his two-month-old son.
Officials said on September 27, 19-year-old Quincy Pierre allegedly noticing that his son, Nikalli Major, wasn't breathing inside his home on Cornelia Street in Bushwick.
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Pierre called the baby's mother, who does not live with him, and then called police. The baby was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead at 7:20 a.m. Officials said Major showed signs of trauma to his legs and body.
An autopsy later revealed that the baby's injuries included fractured ribs, a lacerated liver, fractures to major bones in both legs, and hemorrhaging to the brain.
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Officials announced Friday that Pierre was charged with two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of first-degree manslaughter and one count of endangering the welfare of a child.
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