The daddy of a kid who was discovered unresponsive at a Palmdale park on Wednesday and later died at a hospital has been arrested, authorities mentioned.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division mentioned in a written assertion that Shaffer Grindstaff, 29, was arrested on suspicion of accent to hide against the law and youngster endangerment. No additional particulars on the case had been launched Thursday.
Grindstaff’s 1-year-old son, Cameron Flores, was discovered unresponsive shortly earlier than 9 a.m. Wednesday at Melville J. Courson Park in Palmdale, in accordance with a press release from sheriff’s officers.
“When deputies arrived on scene, they contacted the daddy of the kid, who acknowledged his younger son immediately started affected by a medical emergency on the park,” the division mentioned.
Fireplace paramedics transported the boy to Antelope Valley Medical Heart, the place he was pronounced useless.
Murder detectives say a reason for loss of life for the kid stays underneath investigation. The Los Angeles County Division of Medical Examiner mentioned an post-mortem has not been performed and reason for loss of life is unknown however in its information docs famous “different vital circumstances” might have contributed to the boy’s loss of life.
Preliminary reviews indicated deputies had used Narcan, an anti-opioid overdose medicine, on the kid, however investigators decided that was not the case.
A witness instructed ABC7 information that the incident began inside a parked automobile.
“Subsequent factor , the cop will get the dad out of the way in which and begins doing CPR as properly, and pulls the child out the automobile, places him on the ground and completes doing CPR on the child,” the particular person, who declined to be recognized, instructed the information station.
Neighbors mentioned the kid lived along with his father in an residence throughout the road from the park.
