UPDATE: 7/7/09
The Dad has been identified as DERICO HEBRON. And now we find out that the child isn't "okay" but in "serious condition."
Father Arrested for Pistol-Whipping Son
Posted: July 5, 2009 02:22 PM CDT
Posted: July 5, 2009 02:22 PM CDT
Omaha, NE - A man, police say pistol-whipped his 3-year-old son, is booked for domestic violence. 21-year-old Derico Hebron is behind bars for hitting his son in the head with a gun. On Friday, officers arrived at an apartment complex near 108th & Fort. They say they found the child with bruises on his head. He was rushed to a hospital in serious condition.
UNNAMED DAD pistol whips his three-year-old son and his girlfriend, who is not the mother of the boy. So where is Mom, and why does this dad have access to this child?
Posted: July 3, 2009 10:30 PM
Updated: July 3, 2009 10:30 PM
Omaha (KPTM) - Police are looking for an Omaha man they say pistol whipped his girlfriend and three-year-old son.
It happened around 5 p.m. Friday at an apartment near 110th and Old Maple Road.
Police say the man was fighting with his girlfriend when he hit her and the child with a gun.
He then ran from the apartment.
The child was taken to the hospital with a head injury, but is expected to be okay.
The woman refused treatment.
Police say the woman is the suspect's girlfriend, but not the child's mom.