Baby Shaking Death Brings Berkeley 2009 Homicide Tally to 4

Lamar Franklin, 21, was charged with the shaking death of his infant son last week. According to reports, Berkeley police responded to a call around 4:40 p.m. on Friday regarding 'a choking infant" over in the in the 1300 block of Ward Street. After the 5-month-old infant was whisked away to Children's Hospital in Oakland, he later died in Tuesday. Franklin was charged with murder and assault with a deadly weapon. If convicted, this would make Berkeley's fourth homicide of the year.

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Brock, you just posted this because you wanted to use the iPhone app image. =P

Maybe Apple could use his kid's picture instead of that terrible drawing? That would be really really clever...

Lamar Franklin will not be receiving a "World's Greatest Dad" mug for Fathers Day this year.

Or next year for that matter.

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