A three year old fatally shot after his mother called the cops to save him. Here it is. Show your hands. Show me your hands. [00:00:24] Stop! Stop right there! Stop! You gotta go to the chest. Hey! Good. He doesn't have to sign up. Hey, you need to put that down, man. [00:00:39] I'm a keep myself. Hey! Hey! Take the shot. [00:00:58] He's heading north. I'm losing sight. I have lost sight of him. [00:01:13] He's coming towards us. Coming towards us. Hey! Turn your hands over your other hand. [00:01:28] Stop! Stop! He's got another chest. You got something going on over here? Hey, you need to put that down. Hey, hey. [00:01:54] There you can see Baker has the gun pointed at the child's chest. At this time, officers approached Baker to take him into custody and observed the firearm still in his hand. [00:02:09] They also observed that Baker and the child had been struck by gunfire. The mother called the police to report. [00:02:26] To report that their lives were being threatened. The mother and the child that their lives were being threatened. This was about 120 in the morning. Police come. [00:02:41] They killed the suspect and the child. Put it up for a mass. It was unbelievable. Ronica Pate, 28 year old black woman. [00:03:01] I'm taking you to Las Vegas. Call police last month to report that her boyfriend was threatening to kill her, their three year old son and himself. But according to Pat, Las Vegas police showed up and killed both [00:03:17] the father and the son is now preparing to file a wrongful death lawsuit. Police said they killed the father, Quentin Baker, but blame the father for killing his son, Kentrell Baker. They have shown selected portions of body camera footage to reporters during a press [00:03:33] conference, but it does not provide a clear view of how the toddler was killed. There's more. It was 1:20 a.m. On a Tuesday when Las Vegas Metropolitan Police arrived at the apartment complex [00:03:48] in response to a call from Pate, who said Baker was threatening to kill them all when police arrived. Pate was standing outside the apartment complex and told cops that Baker was inside the apartment with a gun and the child. Police place Pate in the back of a patrol car. [00:04:06] As Baker walked out of the apartment with the boy in his arms. Pate told local media he was not holding the gun, but the video shows he was holding an object pointed at the child. The suspect exited the residence while pointing a firearm at the juvenile [00:04:25] holding that juvenile hostage. End quote. Las Vegas police Captain Ryan Wiggins told local media, quote, officers issued verbal commands to the suspect to peacefully surrender and the suspect refused to comply. End quote. [00:04:41] He continued, quote, the suspect approached the officer still holding the juvenile hostage, causing our officers to discharge their firearms, striking the suspect. Simultaneously, the suspect, while pointing his firearm in the direction [00:04:59] of the juvenile, discharged his firearm. So they're saying That simultaneously, as the suspect is being shot, he somehow, at the exact same time shoots his child. [00:05:17] Now there's more. Police say both the father and officers fired simultaneously. But the video shows a muzzle flash [00:05:34] from an officer's gun and no clearly visible similar muzzle flash from the gun. The father was allegedly holding, but police say the boy was struck three times. [00:05:55] Including twice at close range with one bullet to the head. They also said the third shot to the boy's leg is undetermined as to where it came from. Wait a minute. [00:06:10] Does that make sense to anybody who knows a little bit about forensics, a little bit about, somebody being shot and simultaneously shooting at the same time. [00:06:26] So you're saying that simultaneously he was able to shoot three times initially. That was the narrative. Then they said, well, actually, one of the gunshots probably is inconclusive. [00:06:42] We really don't know. Who did it? Well, there's only two people with guns, according to your narrative, the police and the suspect. Now, attorneys retained by Pate are demanding police [00:06:59] release all of the evidence. That would provide a much clearer picture as to what took place in the early hours of February 3rd. Quote that includes body cam footage 911 calls all of the officers that were [00:07:15] at the scene, investigating officers, everybody that was involved. End quote. That's what attorney McCarron told Ksnv news, quote, every single piece of evidence is extremely important to piece this whole story together, [00:07:30] but the story that is being portrayed out to the media, to the public, is not the complete and true story in quote from the attorney. The footage released by police. I want you to see this shows an image of Baker after having been killed [00:07:48] lying in a pool of blood, holding a pistol in his hand, but the footage does not show him firing a gun. Nevertheless, quote, law enforcement experts interviewed by the Las Vegas Review Journal who watched the video said the cops were [00:08:06] justified in shooting Baker quote. In this case, there wasn't any room for negotiation. Almost from the beginning, because he came down with the gun pointed, said Charles Joe Key, a former Baltimore police lieutenant. Metro had no choice. Nor did they cause the confrontation, end quote. [00:08:25] But that still doesn't answer the question as to whether the child was killed by the cops or his father. Okay. Quote. Metro has put out their statement. We don't agree with it, said Kareem Murphy, another attorney representing Payton. Quote. And we're going to go we're going to do the diligence and footwork so that we can [00:08:43] put out a full narrative of what actually happened based on irrefutable evidence. Attorneys told local media that Pate must first be named administrator of her son's estate before she can file a lawsuit. Quote, they are trying to play damage control, but they will pay for killing [00:08:59] my son, end quote, she said, this is one of the most unbelievable, heart wrenching, Heartbreaking stories. She called the police to help her and her son and really the father too. [00:09:15] If he's talking about himself, there's some mental health dynamics happening for sure. He's putting everybody else in in danger and talking about underlying himself. You have a mental health call. [00:09:31] They come, they shoot, they ask questions. Never. If it was as clear as the cop said, you do know, they would have released the footage showing clearly they did not kill a child. [00:09:46] Clearly they did not shoot a three year old if they had the footage. No, no police experts, interviews, conclusions based on somebody else watching the video. If they have the video, they would have released it. [00:10:05] Why? Because there's no suspect to investigate. The suspect is dead. There is no ongoing investigation into a suspect. They can't hide behind that. They could release the video, put up the gofund. Me? [00:10:22] Miss Pate, God bless her. This mother has suffered an extreme and unfortunate loss. She has launched a GoFundMe to raise money for the funeral and legal expenses. We want to do the very best we can to assist in honoring the life [00:10:42] of her baby shark, Kendra Baker. Alright, your brother thoughts here? Awful awful awful awful awful situation. Awful situation. Is it possible that the police narrative is true? [00:11:00] I suppose it is possible. It's possible that in the firing back and forth that the father shot his son. It should be easily proven because you can you can determine what kind of bullet hit, a person. [00:11:16] You could do ballistic bullet data and see if, you know, his gun was, in fact, discharged and how many times and where the casing was. So you could do forensics to determine that. And maybe. Maybe they will and haven't yet. Do I think that this was a justified shooting? [00:11:32] I think, you know, he wasn't probably wasn't indeed experiencing mental health crisis, but he definitely was a danger to himself and to others and probably warranted force. Now, I know 100% sure they should not have discharged their guns because they knew that the child wasn't out of harm's way. [00:11:49] Yeah. You don't fire at a person even if they are holding a deadly weapon if they're holding a child. So you have to make sure that even if he. It could have the potential that you don't, be the one to, kill a child. It's awful, awful, awful situation. Awful situation. [00:12:08] And my thoughts and prayers go out to them. It seemed like a very difficult situation. And I know even if these cops did shoot this baby and I. That's my dog making noise. Sorry. I attempted to cover their own asses. [00:12:24] That's a terrible situation to be in, even in that context. So these these, these officers need to receive mental health treatment for the rest of their lives. Being responsible or involved in a death of a such a young, innocent child. Yeah, it doesn't make any sense, man. I I'm not a cop. [00:12:41] Don't want to be. But damn you seek cover. You see, there's a baby. If you have to shoot, you don't aim at the torso where the child is located. Maybe you utilize some of that good target, practice training and aim at his leg. [00:12:56] Hopefully the child survived. He's disarmed. Or at least he's unstable enough for you to have a clear route to either arrest or to de-escalate, ultimately. But you protect the child. Period.