Dallas police have added another charge against the mother of a three-year-old boy who died from a gunshot wound this week.
Dallas police announced the additional charge against Lacravivonne Washington who was already facing a charge of criminal negligence by abandoning or endangering a child. Thursday night, police added a charge of tampering with physical evidence with the intent to impair an investigation.
Dallas Police have been investiating Washington since Monday when she showed up at a Dallas hospital with her three-year-old son Jalexus. He had a gunshot wound to the head and did not survive.
Detectives say the tampering charge came up after she was accused of concealing a handgun inside the glove box of her car.
Washington originally claimed her son was shot by a man in another car during a road rage attack. Investigators say they have found no evidence the attack.
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