Meanwhile in Philly, dad takes infant son to drug deal to use as shield...baby gets shot

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An 11-month-old boy was shot multiple times after his father allegedly took him to a Philadelphia drug deal as a "human shield," believing the baby's presence would forestall violence, an official with the district attorney's office said

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Nafes Monroe was arrested over the weekend in connection with the Oct. 19 shooting, Anthony Voci Jr., the chief of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Homicide Unit, said at a news conference Tuesday. Monroe is charged with recklessly endangering another person and endangering the welfare of a child.

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The 11-month-old was in a vehicle's back seat with Monroe and Monroe's girlfriend at the time of the shooting, authorities said. The baby sustained gunshot wounds to the head, torso and rear of his body, a police department spokeswoman told NBC News Wednesday. Police previously said if the baby survives, he does not have a chance of a full recovery and will most likely be quadriplegic.

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After the shooting, Monroe did not rush his son to the hospital but instead drove him to a house, according to Voci. When he did take the 11-month-old to a hospital, "he never looked back and went into the wind so to speak," Voci said.

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Asked at Tuesday’s news conference if Monroe allegedly used the child as “protection” in a drug deal, Voci said: “A human shield is probably the term that I would use.”

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