PITTSBURGH — A man is accused of leaving his infant daughter alone inside a Hill District apartment while he went to the grocery store.
According to a criminal complaint obtained by Channel 11 News, Pittsburgh police were called to Bedford Avenue Thursday for a report of children who had been locked out of an apartment.
When they arrived, they found two children, ages 3 and 18 months, outside the apartment with two neighbors who reported hearing a baby crying inside the apartment.
Abdalla Abdikadar told officers he went to the store to buy Kool-Aid.
When officers obtained a key and went inside, they found a 6-month-old girl in her crib. No adult was present.
He is facing charges of child endangerment. All three children are in the custody of their mother, who was at work at the time of the incident.