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<h6 class="ad-caption-text align-center uppercase"><span style="color: #574040;"><strong>Nafes Monroe is accused of willfully placing his 11-month-old son, Yazeem Jenkins, in the path of flying bullets during a drug buy, last month</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="ad-caption-text align-center uppercase"><span style="color: #574040;"><strong>Nafes, 25, of Philadelphia allegedly used infant son as ‘human shield’ while he was trying to buy drugs with counterfeit money on Oct 19</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="ad-caption-text align-center uppercase"><span style="color: #574040;"><strong>Used as a shield during the shooting that ensued, the boy was shot four times</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="ad-caption-text align-center uppercase"><span style="color: #574040;"><strong>Nafes Monroe, 25, used his 11-month-old son, Yazeem Jenkins, as a “human shield” during the drug buy</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="ad-caption-text align-center uppercase"><span style="color: #574040;"><strong>The baby was in the backseat of Monroe’s car, along with his girlfriend and another man, when a gunman opened fire into the vehicle</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="ad-caption-text align-center uppercase"><span style="color: #574040;"><strong>Yazeem was hit four times, including in the head and chest </strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="ad-caption-text align-center uppercase"><span style="color: #574040;"><strong>The unmindful dad drove the baby to a house, then dropped him off at the hospital and fled where he remains in critical condition</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="ad-caption-text align-center uppercase"><span style="color: #574040;"><strong>Monroe has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child and recklessly endangering another person</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="ad-caption-text align-center uppercase"><strong><span style="color: #574040;">Francisco Ortiz, 29, has been charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault in the shooting</span></strong></h6>
<h6 class="ad-caption-text align-center uppercase"><strong><span style="color: #574040;">He was previously accused of supplying an AK-47 rifle that was used to kill a 2-year-old girl a day after Yazeem was shot</span></strong></h6>
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<h6 data-page="1"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-335354" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Nafes-Monroe-1.jpg" alt="Nafes Monroe 1" width="741" height="419" /><strong>Nafes Monroe was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and recklessly endangering another person. He reportedly was making a drug buy with counterfeit money with his baby along for the ride. The baby was hit four times when the irate drug dealers shot at his fleeing car</strong></h6>
<p data-page="1">A Philadelphia man whose baby was shot four times last month while he was trying to buy drugs with counterfeit money has been arrested and charged with child endangerment.<br />
<span style="color: var(--color-text);">Nafes Monroe, 25, used his 11-month-old son, Yazeem Jenkins, as a “human shield” during the drug buy, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">He was arrested Saturday and charged with endangering the welfare of a child and recklessly endangering another person for having 11-month old Yazeem Jenkins in the car with him when his actions drew gunfire.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">The baby was in the backseat of Monroe’s car, along with his girlfriend and another man, on Oct. 19 when a gunman opened fire into the vehicle. Yazeem was hit four times, including in the head and chest.</span></p>
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</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone wp-image-335362" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Francisco-Ortiz-1.jpg" alt="Francisco Ortiz 1.JPG" width="541" height="791" /><br />
<strong>Shooter: Francisco Ortiz, 29, has been charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault in the shooting of baby Nazeem Jenkins. </strong></span></h6>
<p data-page="1"><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Monroe drove the baby to a house, then dropped him off at the hospital and fled, where he remains in critical condition, according to the </span><a href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/nafes-monroe-yazeem-jenkins-human-shield-shooting-hunting-park-20191113.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Inquirer</a><span style="color: var(--color-text);">.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">“He was using counterfeit money to purchase drugs, knowing that counterfeit money is something that is very upsetting to drug dealers, and when they find out they are being burned with counterfeit money, they act violently,” Anthony Voci, head of the district attorney’s Homicide Unit, said.<br />
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</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">“Our investigation has led us to believe that he intentionally had his child with him when he was making such types of purchases, with the idea or belief that if someone saw that he had a child in the car, that they would not fire upon him. A &#8216;human shield’ is probably the term that I would use.”</span></p>
<h6><img class="alignnone wp-image-335366" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Nazeem-Jenkins-4.jpg" alt="Nazeem Jenkins 4.JPG" width="1081" height="611" /><strong>Yazeem Jenkins was shot four times. His dad, Nafes <span style="color: var(--color-text);">Monroe, has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child and recklessly endangering another person.</span></strong></h6>
<p data-page="1"><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Monroe was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and recklessly endangering another person.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">In a statement to </span><a href="https://6abc.com/da-father-used-baby-as-human-shield;-child-shot-4-times-in-philly/5692635/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ABC 6</a><span style="color: var(--color-text);">, Yazeem’s mother called the entire situation “not fair.”<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">“He’s innocent, so precious, and his smile will brighten up anyone’s day,&#8221; she said through a family spokesperson. &#8220;He’s such a bubbly kid. So loving and lovable. How could anyone be so heartless! Please do the right thing and help us find some form of closure or answers in this tragic situation. Help us find the shooter. I can’t eat or sleep. I need justice for my baby &#8230; For the coward who did this to him, you will pay, even if it not today or tomorrow. God will handle you accordingly.”<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Francisco Ortiz, 29, has been charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault in the shooting. He was previously accused of supplying an AK-47 rifle that was used to kill a 2-year-old girl a day after Yazeem was shot.</span></p>
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Philadelphia man, 25, charged with child endangerment after he allegedly used 11-month-old son as ‘human shield’, during bad drug buy that resulted in boy being shot four times
