Man Charged After 9-Year-Old Fatally Shoots Self

PHILADELPHIA — A 30-year-old man is facing numerous charges in connection with the fatal shooting of a 9-year-old boy inside a Philadelphia home Tuesday night.

According to Philadelphia police, Syiede Booker, 35, of Philadelphia was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter, endangering welfare of child, recklessly endangering another person, unsworn falsification, tampering with evidence, and obstructing justice.

The charges come after Rajib Ingram, 9, was shot and killed inside a home on the 5900 block of North 20th Street.

Ingram was shot in the face at about 10 p.m. Tuesday. He was taken to Einstein Medical Center where he died about 20 minutes later.

"An investigation by the Philadelphia Police has determined that Syiede Booker not only left a deadly weapon out where this child and his young brother could easily find it, but that he initially lied to investigators about his role in this horrifically tragic and completely preventable shooting," District Attorney Larry Krasner said. "I cannot begin to imagine the heartbreak of this child’s mother, or the lifelong trauma of the 15-year-old who heard the deadly shot and found his young brother’s body. Kids and firearms do not belong anywhere near each other. I'm again urging Philadelphians with guns at home to keep them locked and out of reach of children."

According to Action News, Ingram is believed to have shot himself while holding the gun, which was found behind the home at which Booker was a live-in boyfriend of Ingram's mother.

Booker is being held on $1 million bail.

Court records shows he is slated for a June 27 preliminary hearing.