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The Shelby County District Attorney’s Office said it took the jury just one hour of deliberation to convict Antonio First in the death of 2-year-old Brayton Brooks.
Tennessee father indicted in death of 2-year-old son
June 12, 2021
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) A Tennessee man faces charges that include first-degree murder in what prosecutors say was a beating that killed his 2-year-old son last year.
On Friday, Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich announced the grand jury indictment against 36-year-old Antonio First from Memphis.
Weirich’s office says in June 2020, First called 911 and said the boy was not breathing. Prosecutors say the boy, Brayton Brooks, died at the hospital from injuries that included fractures on his skull, binding marks on his neck, body-wide bruising and blood filling his stomach.