PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A Philadelphia man was charged Thursday with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death this week of a 9-year-old boy killed in his family’s city apartment.
Syiede Booker, 35, was also charged with child endangerment, reckless endangerment, unsworn falsification, tampering with evidence and obstruction.
Court records show Booker was assigned a public defender. A spokesman for the Defender Association of Philadelphia said he did not have a comment on Booker’s behalf at this time. Booker is being held on $1.1 million bail.
The charges stem from the death of Rajib Ingram, who was shot once in the face on Tuesday night. He was found in the back bedroom of the home and was taken to a hospital, but was pronounced dead there a short time later.
District Attorney Larry Krasner said a police investigation showed that Booker allegedly left the gun out and initially lied to investigators about the role he played in the boy’s death.
Further details on how the shooting occurred have not been disclosed.
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This story has been corrected to show Syiede Booker is 35 years old, not 30.
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