Overview

• Police say they found Tiarika Baymon, 32, asleep in a car in Ross Township with a loaded gun in her lap and her 7-year-old son injured in the back on folded-down seats.
• Court records show Baymon faces a second-degree felony count of endangering the welfare of children plus misdemeanors including carrying a firearm without a license, recklessly endangering another person, obstruction, resisting arrest, and giving false identification.
• The child was taken to UPMC Children’s Hospital and later transferred to UPMC Mercy’s burn unit for specialized care, with police saying he is expected to survive.
• An arrest warrant cites videos that allegedly show severe abuse posted to Instagram, and a criminal complaint says the boy told police his mother hit him with a glass bottle and restrained him with belts and exercise straps.
• Brunswick police say a welfare check preceded the Amber Alert, an FBI tip helped identify a video of the abuse, tracking data led officers to a secluded lot on William Street, and Baymon is being held in Allegheny County Jail ahead of an Oct. 1 court date.