A 2-year-old boy was killed when his mother’s boyfriend threw him against a wall in a fit of rage after the toddler woke him up, authorities said Tuesday.
The battered body of little Nasir Parris was discovered around noon Sunday inside the home on East 68th Street near Avenue U in Bergen Beach, where the suspect, 23-year-old Latrell Lewis, lives, cops said.
Cops were responding to a 911 call when they found the mortally injured boy with bruising to his stomach inside the home, authorities said.
Latrell Lewis, 23, fatally beat his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son inside his Bergen Beach home, cops said. News 12The tot was rushed to Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Lewis was arrested Monday and charged with murder in the second-degree and three counts of manslaughter.
“Detectives interviewed [Lewis], and during the interrogation, he admits to throwing the child against the wall after the child woke him up while he was sleeping,” NYPD Assistant Chief of Detectives Joe Kenny told reporters Tuesday.
According to the criminal complaint against him, Lewis told cops that he had pushed the child off a bed, causing him to hit his head on a vent in the ground.
Lewis was arrested Monday and charged with murder, cops said. News 12The child had “a fractured skull and massive internal injuries,” Kenny said.
The city Medical Examiner’s Office determined that the boy died of blunt force injuries to his head and torso and his death was ruled a homicide.
The boy’s little body had six lacerations to the liver; hemorrhaging from the liver, colon, pancreas, and kidney; hemorrhaging from the brain caused by a depressed skull fracture; and multiple bruises covering the torso, neck and face, the complaint states.
The injuries were consistent with “multiple inflicted blunt force traumas” and didn’t match up with Lewis’ alleged account, according to the complaint.
The boy’s mom also told investigators that prior to leaving her son in Lewis’ care on Sunday, the child did not have any visible marks or bruises and didn’t appear injured, the complaint states.
Lewis was ordered held without bail at his arraignment in Brooklyn Criminal Court Tuesday night. He’s due back in court Sept. 6.
Lewis has one prior arrest for reckless driving, Kenny said.
