*A Georgia mother has been arrested on murder charges after she dropped her 3-month-old baby during a fight with another woman that was caught on camera.
Karen Lashun Harrison, 26, initially told police her child suffered a head injury after falling from the arms of family friend Carneata Clark. However, surveillance video from the July 19 incident shows Harrison dropping the baby as she and another woman, Terra Brown, fought outside Thomas Beauty Supply.
“We investigated the incident and determined the baby did not receive his injuries how it was reported. It was reported to us that the baby had fallen from the caregivers arms and received the injuries,” Lt. Freddie Williams, with the Moultrie Police Department, told WTXL. “Then we got information that there was a fight.”
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NEW MUGSHOT: 26-year-old Georgia woman Karen Harrison is charged with felony murder as police say she fatally dropped her baby during a fight.
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via NBCNews.com:
In the video, obtained by NBC affiliate WALB, Harrison appears to be arguing with Brown as she cradles her baby in one arm. When the two women begin fighting, the baby falls on the ground and another woman rushes over to pick the child up.
The baby was brought to a hospital in Moultrie, Georgia, the next day for an injury to his head, but later died, the Moultrie Police Department said in a press release.
Harrison faces felony murder, first-degree child cruelty, second-degree child cruelty and simple battery charges, the report states. Clark has been charged with providing false statements and obstruction of an officer for her involvement in the case.
Brown currently faces no charges.
“It’s very disturbing that two adults would fight in a public place while holding a three-month-old child in their arms,” Williams told WTXL.
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