A Man Is In Custody After Throwing A 9 Month Old Baby Off A Second Floor Apartment Building In Mesquite

A man is in custody after he threw a 9 month old baby off a second floor balcony onto a carport Thursday morning.
Officers responded to a disturbance call at Mission Fairways Apartments in Mesquite and when they arrived they found a 9 month old infant on top of a carport.
The infant was taken to a nearby hospital with non life threatening injuries.
The suspect Andre M. Richardson,40 was arrested at the scene and charged with injury to a child, assault bodily injury and resisting arrest.
This investigation is ongoing.