Alas, he was too late to save the child.
Via Dallas News:
A man is accused of fatally stabbing and beating his 16-month-old son before a neighbor at his Lewisville apartment complex attempted to stop the attack by shooting him in the leg, police said Sunday.
Witnesses reported that a man was stabbing or beating a child about 12:40 p.m. in a courtyard at the Oak Forest Apartments on South State Highway 121 Business near Bellaire Boulevard.
A neighbor heard screaming, grabbed a gun and fired three shots, striking the father once in the leg and “effectively ending the assault on the child,” police Captain Jesse Hunter said. […]
The father, a man who police have not identified but said was in his late 20s or early 30s, was placed under arrest and taken to a hospital, where he was to be treated for the gunshot wound.
He was expected to be booked into the Lewisville city jail Monday afternoon, but it was not immediately clear what charges he may face. Toxicology results are pending.
Neighbor Eduardo Carranza said he rushed out of his apartment when he heard the gunshots.
“He was talking nonsense,” Carranza said of the suspect.
Carranza shot the video of Lewisville police dragging the injured man away as he’s yelling. “I just want to see my mom,” the man can be heard saying.
The neighbor who stopped the attack has not been identified. He will not face criminal charges, police said.
HT: Wirecutter
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