A Tucson man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the death of a baby .
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Barrios was accused of killing a newborn because the infant was interrupting his video game.
He plead guilty to man-slaughter in Pima Superior Court.
Barrios was living with the mother of 18-day-old Jaden Encinas on Oct. 26, 2007, when she left their apartment to run errands. She told police the baby was sleeping on their bed when she left, according to court documents.
Both Barrios and the mother of the victim are both formerly of Douglas.
The prosecution said that when the baby started to cry, Barrios paused his “assault-like” video game, went into the bedroom, shook the newborn and hit him in the head.
“Defendant’s goal was to silence Jaden. He wanted the infant to stop crying so he could play his game. The impact was massive and global,” Deputy Pima County Attorney Kristen Kelly wrote in court documents.
When he returned, the baby was blue and that is when he called 9-1-1.At the time of Barrios’ arrest, Tucson police said the newborn wasn’t breathing when firefighters arrived at the apartment in the 5500 block of East 26th Street, near East 22nd Street and South Craycroft Road.
When paramedics arrived, they further attempted to give the child CPR. At one point they managed to catch a heartbeat.
The baby was transported to Tucson Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
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