Man charged with assaulting Silver Cross Hospital security with tire iron
New Lenox IL Sept 23 2020
Two foster families fought at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox after a 6-month-old baby died under mysterious circumstances, officials said.
The baby girl was unresponsive and not breathing when she was brought to the hospital’s emergency room from Tinley Park Friday night, said New Lenox Police Chief April DiSandro.
The child lived with two different foster families, DiSandro said. The foster family she was staying with Friday night brought the baby to the hospital, she said, and the second family arrived later as well.
Soon after, a “huge fight” broke out, DiSandro said, with one family attempting to keep the other family out of the emergency room.
One of the combatants, 18-year-old Antrone Dean of Chicago, was armed with a tire iron and fought with a hospital security guard, the chief said, and a second rammed a vehicle in the parking lot before fleeing.
The driver who rammed a car remains at large, DiSandro said, but Dean and a female juvenile were arrested at the hospital.
Dean was taken into custody on probable cause of aggravated battery, records show, and he was booked into the Will County jail shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday.
