JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 A 2-year-old boy killed during a domestic dispute late Sunday night was in his mother\u2019s arms when her boyfriend fired a shot that struck the toddler in the head, according to an arrest report and information obtained by News4JAX.<\/p>\n
Steven Dodson Jr., 21, was taken into custody less than 24 hours after investigators said he shot and killed A\u2019hmari Robinson<\/a> at the Valencia Way Apartments. <\/p>\n Dodson has been charged with second-degree murder, attempted murder, child neglect, tampering with evidence and possession of a firearm by a felon. He was denied bond on Tuesday.<\/p>\n A 2-year-old boy died overnight after he was shot during a domestic dispute late Sunday at an apartment complex in the Hillcrest neighborhood of Jacksonville\u2019s Westside. Steven Dodson Jr., 21, has been charged in the shooting. (Ben Schubert\/News4JAX photojournalist)<\/p>\n According to Dodson\u2019s arrest report, a witness told police that Dodson and Robinson\u2019s mother were arguing \u201cabout a phone\u201d outside the apartment before Dodson followed Robinson\u2019s mother back inside and \u201cinto the same room as the children.\u201d<\/p>\n Robinson\u2019s mother told police that Dodson locked the bedroom door behind them, got a gun off a shelf in the bedroom closet and then fired a shot at her as she held Robinson.<\/p>\n The bullet struck the toddler, who died after being rushed to Wolfson Children\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n According to his arrest report, Dodson ran from the apartment and was captured on surveillance video throwing the gun into a dumpster. <\/p>\n After an hours-long manhunt, JSO, the US Marshals and the SWAT Unit took Dodson into custody at the Vista Landing apartments late Monday.<\/p>\n Police said that before officers arrived, someone else got the gun from the dumpster and brought it back to the apartment, where police took it into evidence.<\/p>\n Court records show Dodson has had prior arrests over the past three years on charges including strong-arm robbery, domestic battery, and other offenses.<\/p>\n