Man sentenced for killing infant during video game
SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - October 22, 2011
Nineteen-year-old Andrew Keith Johnston pleaded guilty Monday to
second-degree murder in the October 2010 death of his 1-month-old
son William.
Assistant District Attorney Mike Randles said Johnston gave a
written statement saying he became irritated when the infant was
crying in his bassinet, interfering with Johnston's playing of
video games, The Shelbyville Times-Gazette reports. The boy
suffered a brain hemorrhage and died of his injuries at a hospital
a week later. An autopsy report said he died of "non-accidental
trauma."
The prosecutor says Johnston said he squeezed the boy hard and
shook him.
