COLUMBUS — UPDATE @ 5:50 A.M.
A woman is in custody after a 9-month-old was critically injured in Ohio.
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Officers and medics responded around 5 p.m. to a report of an unresponsive baby in Columbus, according to our news partner WBNS TV.
Medics transported the 9-month-old to Nationwide Children’s Hospital in “extremely” critical condition, according to Columbus Police.
Doctors told police that the baby’s injuries were not consistent with an accident, WBNS said.
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Officers went to a home on North Fourth Street. They found several adults and an injured child, police told WBNS.
Columbus Police suspect foul play with the baby’s injuries.
They said Thursday morning that Billie Tustin, 29, is in custody on felonious assault charges. She is listed as a suspect, WBNS reported.
Tustin is scheduled to appear in Franklin County Municipal Court on Friday.
Police told Columbus media outlets that the homicide unit is investigating the incident due to the seriousness of the child’s injuries.
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