Officers responded to a call in the 1300 block of Pine Bluff St. to assist Paris Emergency Services.
They received information that a four month old infant’s father had intentionally given the infant gasoline to drink.
Officers observed the named suspect, Edgar James Bridgemon (24) fleeing the scene on foot. An officer pursued Bridgemon and he was taken into custody in the 1400 block of Pine Bluff.
Bridgemon admitted to having given the infant gasoline to drink with the intention of ending the child’s life. Bridgemon was arrested on scene for Attempted Capital Murder.
He was processed and placed in jail.
The child was transported by Paris EMS to Paris Regional Medical Center, and later transferred to another facility in the Dallas-Ft Worth area for further care.
The case remains under investigation.
