America’s Got Talent contestant faces murder charge after 4-year-old nephew drowns

Former America’s Got Talent contestant Deshundre Vinson has been charged with murder in connection to the drowning death of his 4-year-old nephew. Vinson, 22, was arrested Wednesday in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and charged with first-degree murder and three counts of aggravated child abuse stemming from the August 16 drowning at a local swimming pool, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office said. Authorities were responding to a different incident at an apartment complex Wednesday when they heard screaming from the pool area — and found CPR was already in process on the little boy, Chattanoogan.com reported. The boy appeared to be unconscious when he was pulled out of the swimming pool. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he stayed for five days before dying from his injuries. Police could not find an adult at the pool who was responsible for the boy. Deshundre Vinson, a former America’s Got Talent contestant, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in connection to the drowning death of his young nephew last month (Hamilton County Sheriff's Office)Surveillance video showed the boy walking from the edge of the pool into deeper water, according to an arrest affidavit viewed by WTVC.Detectives later determined that Vinson, the boy’s uncle, was responsible for babysitting him, his 6-year-old brother and several other children at the time of the drowning. Vinson allowed the boy and his brother to walk about two-tenths of a mile to the apartment pool with no adult supervision, police said. Vinson is part of Citi Limitz, a trio who appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres Show and America’s Got Talent. This is a developing story...