5-Month-Old's Death Ruled Homicide

CBS Pittsburgh

November 23, 2022

Michael Chanings Barber Jr. from McKeesport died from abusive head trauma on Sept. 4, the medical examiner said.

The boy's father, 29-year-old Michael Barber, was charged with aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of a child and recklessly endangering another person after the child was taken to the hospital in critical condition.

Doctors said they found the infant suffered subdural hemorrhaging, arachnoid hemorrhaging and cerebral edema. Police said Barber got mad at his son for crying and when he wouldn't stop, he shook him.

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