Father kills his 2-month-old child with coffee mug he intended to throw at his wife

A baby is dead after his father threw a coffee mug at his head, police in Ohio said.
Canton Police said that they arrested 33-year-old Anthony Benjamin Grove on Tuesday, after being accused of hitting his child in the head with the coffee mug during an argument with his wife.



Grove was arrested after the boy died at Akron Children's Hospital of serious head injuries. Hospital workers notified the police. 

Grove was also accused of endangering the welfare of a child and domestic violence. He was booked into the Stark County Jail.

According to the police investigation, Grove threw the ceramic coffee cup at his wife during an argument. However, his wife moved out of the way and the mug struck his son, Zeeland Grove.

The suspect was also arrested on a warrant for failing to appear in court on an unrelated theft charged.