Brooklyn man beats up 4-month-old for crying during gameplay

"I hope he gets sentenced for life, or electrocuted. When people hear what he did, he’s not going to have a very nice time in [jail]."

- Erica Kemp

On July 14, 2021, it was reported that a man got arrested last month for the death of an infant. 23-year-old Ricardo Price was charged for a fatal beating of the young Royalty Kemp, his girlfriend’s daughter after her crying interrupted Price’s video gameplay. Royalty died on July 1, 2021 due to abusive head trauma. The mother of Royalty, Erica Kemp stated that it occurred on June 21 when Price was babysitting the newborn in his Brooklyn apartment. Kemp, 24, met Price on a dating website last November. The police have reported that the man threw the child against a wall and banged a video game controller against the infant’s head. Price initially told them that Royalty was lying on his lap and he bounced up and down her once she started crying, admitting that he accidentally used too much force. Erica did state that Price has taken care of her daughter before June 21 without an incident, but the next morning she tried to wake her daughter up and nothing happened so Royalty was taken to the hospital. Royalty has a brain injury, a fractured skull, and internal bleeding. Price is jailed at the New York City Department of Corrections facility at Rikers Island without bail, waiting on word about any upgraded charges after Royalty’s death.