The Father Uses Him As A "human Shield" In A Shootout: He Died At The Age Of Three

He was only 11 months old when his father called him “human shield“During a drug deal. The man mistakenly thought that the criminals he was dealing with would not use violence if they knew the child was in the back seat. The drug dealers, on the other hand, had no qualms and when they realized the money for the drugs was fake, they opened fire by piercing the car. A shooting that took place in 2019 Philadelphia in the USA, where the child was seriously injured: beatings in the head, neck and buttocks. Despite this, little Yaseem Jenkins was able to survive but died last Tuesday at the age of 3. “We are awaiting a coroner’s report, but we have reason to believe wounds from that shooting were the cause of death,” said Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner. at a press conference, reports the New York Post.

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After the shooting, the father was accused of endangering another person and the well-being of a child, according to Kyw-tv. “Our investigation – explained by the prosecutor – led us to suspect that the man had deliberately brought his son with him as a ‘human shield’. Convinced that if anyone had seen the child in the car, they would not have shot him.” Less than 24 hours after Yaseem was shot, the same gun was used to shoot another two-year-old girl, who died from a gunshot , which hit her in the back of the head.