WILLIAMSPORT -- A father has been accused of killing his nine-month son nearly a year ago by violently shaking him.

Abdullah Friend

Abdullah Ibn Jihad Friend, 27, of Williamsport, was arrested Wednesday and committed to the Lycoming County Prison without bail on charges of criminal homicide, aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of a child and recklessly endangering another person.

He is accused of fatally injuring the infant on April 30, 2017, in the Locust Street home where he was living.

The following taken from the police arrest affidavit, is Friend's version of what happened that day:

The infant was fussy and throwing a tantrum so about 2 p.m. he took him upstairs and put him in his crib, shut the door and went downstairs to read.

When he checked on him about 10 minutes later he discovered his son lying on his stomach, unresponsive and not breathing.

The baby was taken to the Williamsport Regional Medical Center, then flown to Geisinger Medical Center near Danville where he died the same day.

Milton Reynolds, who was in the house playing video games, told police the child was crying so loudly he could not focus on anything, the affidavit states.

The crying stopped abruptly when the infant was taken upstairs, he told police.

A doctor in the Geisinger emergency room discovered deep retinal hemorrhages too numerous to count, the charges state.

A doctor who is a child abuse expert concluded, after reviewing the autopsy report, that the boy's injuries were the result of being violently shaken, the affidavit states.

The baby did not suffer any external injuries, police said they were told.

Agent Jason Bolt, who filed the charges, stated in the affidavit he did not receive the completed autopsy report until March 1.

Friend has lived in Philadelphia as well as Williamsport, police said.

Court records show he pleaded no contest to minor charges in Delaware County and Philadelphia in 2014 and 2013, respectively.