Donnie Reuben charged with shaking his 4-month-old son to death in Brooklyn

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NYPD responded to a report of an unconscious infant inside an apartment at 712 Crown Street on December 20th at approximately 2:25am.

On arrival police located 4-month-old Men’Dece Reuben unconscious inside the apartment. The infant was rushed to NYC Health & Hospitals/Kings County where he died of his injuries on December 26th.

Police said 25-year-old Donnie Reuben, allegedly shook Men’Dece. The cause of death has been deemed shaken baby syndrome, and manner of death a homicide.