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Emilio Dominguez was charged with injury to a child by omission and arrested on Wednesday.

On Aug. 23, authorities say Emilio Dominguez and his 13-year-old son, Eli Dominguez, took drugs together. A younger child in the home at the time reported to police seeing the father give their sibling a pill.

After taking the drugs, the teen started struggling to breathe.

?Someone in the house said, ?Hey, I want you to try to take care of this kid. He doesn?t seem to be doing well,? and he didn?t,? Edward Appelbaum ? an assistant district attorney in the child fatality division ? said. ?(The father) said to sleep it off, and the next morning, that?s when he called 911, and (the son) was subsequently pronounced dead.?

Emilio Dominguez?s lack of action led to his charge of injury to a child by omission. His charge may be upgraded as investigators learn more. Posted by JR