Tharell Edward (Paul Martinka)

SHOCKING: Akeem Bernard (above) is escorted by police yesterday after his arrest in the shooting of Tharell Edward (inset). (
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The man who shot a 3-year-old Brooklyn boy in the head ordered a friend not to call 911 as the child lay bleeding, prosecutors charged yesterday.

Alleged tot-shooter Akeem Bernard, 22, didn’t say a word as he was arraigned in Brooklyn Criminal Court for alleged criminal weapons possession, assault, endangering the welfare of a child, and evidence tampering.

He is accused of firing the bullet that tore through the skull of little Tharell Edward as the tot lay sleeping in his crib in his mother’s Flatbush apartment Friday night.

Bernard had been drinking through the day, and a pal claimed he was fooling around with the pistol when it fired, law-enforcement sources said.

The child remained in critical but stable condition at New York Hospital yesterday as Bernard was held on $75,000 bail.

Tharell was still recovering from a July pit-bull attack when he was shot.

His mother, Nichelle Edward, 43, had left the child with a sitter. Both are friends with Bernard.

Prosecutors said a witness, Alexis Wells, saw Bernard put the gun in a shoebox under the bed where Tharell slept around 11 p.m.

Then, around 3 a.m., Wells “heard a loud bang and observed Tharell Edward in the defendant’s arms bleeding profusely from his head,” court documents said.

Bernard allegedly told Wells “not to call 911” until he had time to “stash the gun” — and left the apartment and returned a short time later. Records show the 911 call came at 3:31 a.m.

Bernard claimed the bullet was fired from outside, but probers found no evidence, sources said.

His lawyer, Nelson Schmukler, said his client “denies the charges” and “loves this child.”

Additional reporting by Kirstan Conley and Matthew McNulty