McKeesport father charged in infant’s death

Allegheny County Police on Wednesday charged a McKeesport man with causing the death of his infant son in September.

Michael Barber, 29, had already been charged with aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child after Michael Barber Jr., 5 months old, was taken to a hospital Aug. 31 with what hospital staff determined was subdural hemorrhaging, arachnoid hemorrhaging and cerebral edema, which is indicative of the infant being shaken. On Sept. 4, the infant died of his injuries. On Monday, the county medical examiner ruled the cause of death was abusive head trauma and the manner was homicide, police said.

On Wednesday, Barber turned himself in to police and was taken to jail to await arraignment on a homicide charge.