Crime & Safety
Three-Year-Old Toddler Killed In Elmhurst: Police
Shaquan Butler was found by officers unconscious with bruises on his body about 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 13 at 79-00 Queens Boulevard, police said.
QUEENS – A 3-year-old boy was killed in Elmhurst on Sunday, police reported Wednesday.
Shaquan Butler was found by officers unconscious with bruises on his body about 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 13 at 79-00 Queens Boulevard, the NYPD said.
Medics rushed the child to Elmhurst Hospital where he later died, authorities said.
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The child's father Shaquan Butler, 26, was arrested on Tuesday, police reported.
The Daily News reported that the child's mother initially said that the toddler was choking on a chicken nugget when he ran into a pole and struck his head on the floor this past Sunday night.
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The boy's father, who has 28 prior arrests on record, was taken Wednesday with heart palpitations to Elmhurst Hospital, according to the news outlet.
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