{"id":122765,"date":"2026-02-04T16:36:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T16:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/122765\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T16:36:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T16:36:33","slug":"queens-man-brutally-beat-toddler-son-in-homeless-shelter-then-dropped-him-off-at-mothers-apartment-sources-amnewyork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/122765\/","title":{"rendered":"Queens man brutally beat toddler son in homeless shelter, then dropped him off at mother\u2019s apartment: sources \u2013 amNewYork"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"1021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC09984-copy.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"DSC09984\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Queens man brutally beat toddler son in homeless shelter, then dropped him off at mother's apartment: sources 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>30-year-old Dayvon Morrison allegedly beat his toddler during an intoxicated fit of rage inside a Queens homeless shelter<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Dean Moses<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/amny.com\/queens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Queens<\/a> father has been arrested and charged for allegedly beating his two-year-old son \u2014 then dropping him off at the child\u2019s mother\u2019s residence on the brink of death.<\/p>\n<p>According to sources familiar with the incident, 30-year-old Dayvon Morrison allegedly beat his toddler, identified on his mother\u2019s Instagram account as Maliek, during an intoxicated fit of rage inside a Queens homeless shelter within the confines of the <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/nypd114pct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">114th Precinct,<\/a> based in Astoria, on Jan. 30; however, the battered child did not receive medical care until this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The sources said Morrison casually dropped his severely beaten son off early on Monday morning with his mother at a NYCHA apartment building in the vicinity of 102nd Street and 3rd Avenue in East Harlem.<\/p>\n<p>The mom subsequently called 911 just after 3 a.m. on Feb. 2 after seeing Maliek\u2019s condition. EMS responded to the home and rushed the tot to Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he remains on life support.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137829638\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/child-beaten-crop-inside-02042026.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Queens boy brutally beaten by father\" width=\"798\" height=\"1200\" title=\"Queens man brutally beat toddler son in homeless shelter, then dropped him off at mother's apartment: sources 2\"  \/>An image of the 2-year-old boy, Maliek, who was allegedly assaulted by his father, Dayvon Morrison, on Jan. 30.Photo via Instagram<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy beautiful baby boy was brutally beaten by his father Dayvon Morrison, My baby is fighting for his life in the ICU please, I can\u2019t do anything but pray I asked for prayer from everyone can\u2019t breathe, my baby boy is two years old and the sweetest baby boy,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUSolGADHo5\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">his mother wrote in an emotional Instagram post<\/a>. \u201cPlease pray I\u2019m calling out for help, please pray for my baby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137829609\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC09995-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1003\" title=\"Queens man brutally beat toddler son in homeless shelter, then dropped him off at mother's apartment: sources 3\"  \/>30-year-old Dayvon Morrison allegedly beat his toddler during an intoxicated fit of rage inside a Queens homeless shelter. Photo by Dean Moses<\/p>\n<p>Sources report that the boy is suffering from a \u201csubstantial brain injury\u201d and has fractures to his head, including a bleed in the brain.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Police tracked Morrison down, who is also the father of another child around the same age, and took him into custody. He was brought to the 114th Precinct stationhouse for further questioning.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday night, detectives escorted Morrison out of the stationhouse in handcuffs. The suspect refused to answer amNewYork\u2019s questions about the assault, remaining silent as he was placed in the back of a police vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Morrison was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on assault charges in Queens Criminal Court.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"30-year-old Dayvon Morrison allegedly beat his toddler during an intoxicated fit of rage inside a Queens homeless shelter&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122766,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[53674,101,211,7426,303,9,24,63,103,104,122,124,123],"class_list":{"0":"post-122765","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-114-precicnt","9":"tag-arrest","10":"tag-assault","11":"tag-cops","12":"tag-crime","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-nypd","17":"tag-police","18":"tag-queens","19":"tag-queens-headlines","20":"tag-queens-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}