A 6-month-old boy is brain dead after he was allegedly found unresponsive at a man's house in Capitol Heights, Maryland, police said.
Lenwood Pearson, 48, picked up the baby, Demetri Hooper, from daycare Tuesday, police said.
Demetri's father was running late to the daycare and asked Pearson, his mother's husband, to get the baby, police said.
When Demetri's father later went to Pearson's home in the 300 block of Zelma Avenue to pick the boy up, he saw the child was unresponsive.
Relatives told News4 Demetri is brain dead and has a fractured skull and broken ribs. He is at Children's National Medical Center.
Police arrested Pearson and charged him with first- and second-degree child abuse.
Stay with News4 and NBCWashington as we continue to update this developing story.
