2-year-old suffers skull, brain injury during alleged assault in south Columbus

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) –  A 2-year-old child was severely injured during an assault that took place Tuesday night on the south side of the city.

According to a police complaint report, a woman living in an apartment on Ship Mill Street in the Far South neighborhood heard her door being kicked in at 9:49 p.m. Tuesday. She told police that a man forced his way into her residence and demanded her phone.

The victim refused and the man told her he was not leaving without taking something. After the man attempted to remove a television mounted to the wall, he went to a bedroom and picked up a flat screen television and began to leave the residence.

The woman, who was holding her 2-year-old, told the man, later identified as Andre Sallee, that she was going to call police. Sallee reportedly came back inside the apartment and punched the woman multiple times.

After the woman fell onto a couch, Sallee, 25, allegedly kicked her in the leg and fled the scene in what she believed to be a white car.

During the alleged assault the child was injured and taken to Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Neurosurgeons treated the child for a skull fracture and brain bleeding. The child’s condition was not immediately known.

Sallee was arrested Wednesday, charged with aggravated robbery. A Franklin County Municipal judge issued him a $1 million bond and ordered him to next appear in court on May 3 for a preliminary hearing.