A 1-day-old infant miraculously survived the shooting that killed his young parents near Los Angeles last September, authorities announced Thursday.

Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) responded to a report of a shooting on September 4th and found a baby in a car with parents Carlos Loera, 21, and Ashley Guzman, 18, and Officer Jamie Bennett in Harbor City. discovered. said at a press conference. All three people were shot, and two adults died from their injuries.

“Miraculously, the child was in the car seat, and the bullet passed through the car seat, slowing it down and not inflicting fatal or serious injury to the child,” Captain Bennett told reporters. .

Bennett added that 26 days later, a 17-year-old lost his life in a shooting just four miles from Harbor City. Just a few days later, on October 2, there was an additional shooting just two miles from Harbor City that reportedly left a 43-year-old man critically injured.

Los Angeles Police Department homicide detectives linked these three incidents, leading to the arrest of 20-year-old Dion Johnson of Wilmington on January 22nd.

“The Los Angeles County District Attorney has filed charges regarding the suspect,” Bobby Grace, deputy Los Angeles County district attorney, told reporters. “We have filed three counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder.” (Related: Video shows people scrambling for cover from deadly house party shooting)

“To the 260,000 souls of this district, please think of how hurt we all are…I represent three communities where chaos, violence and disorder were senselessly caused.” Councilor Tim McOscar, whose city council includes the three affected communities, said: he told reporters.

“We all need to work together to take guns out of the hands of despicable people who harm our communities,” McOscar added.