A woman shot a baby boy in a shocking act of violence then gave a chilling reason for her appalling crime.
Dominique Billips, 28, was arrested after she shot a baby boy in the leg over a petty debt dispute. The disturbing incident unfolded as Billips heartlessly approached a couple on a local Holmesburg street, proceeded to draw a gun and menacingly aimed it at the mother’s face. The man fled from the scene at once and Billips reacted by firing towards his running figure before turning her weapon on the distressed mother.
Billips let off a round and coolly left the scene. Even though the baby survived the appalling attack and was swiftly rushed to a hospital, Billips now faces an array of serious charges such as aggravated assault and reckless endangerment of a person.
The callous motive behind the crime? A mere $100 owed to her by the baby’s father, she chillingly admitted to the police. Identification of Billips as the perpetrator came about through eyewitnesses who had viewed video footage from the shocking event in Philadelphia, Lt. Dennis Rosenbaum revealed during a news conference.
On reaching the site of the incident, police discovered shell casings but found no victims. It later emerged that both parents had run away when the shooting occurred due to one parent having a minor warrant out, leaving neighbours to rush the baby to an emergency room.
In the wake of the father’s departure at the sight of the gun, it was the tiny baby who tragically bore the brunt of Billip’s cruel attack. As per reports in the Daily Mail, the distraught mum screamed out “my baby! my baby!” upon witnessing the horrifying scene unfold. Billips coldly responded, “F— your baby, b—-,” before leaving the scene.
“Sometimes the things we see are mind-boggling,” Rosenbaum remarked at the press briefing, as reported by USA Today. “People get so angry, they always resort to nonsense. I just don’t understand it.”
It seems Billips got into a dispute with the father or the couple before the altercation, Rosenbaum explained, reports the Mirror US.
The parents were later taken into custody and questioned
The neighbour who took the child under their wing told NBC 10 anonymously: “When I find out the baby was seven months and both parents said they have warrants. They got out the car and I took the baby. I just felt like I had to protect this child. It was overwhelming. It was scary. This person came up and didn’t care with no remorse and just fired and walked away like nothing happened.”
