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The defendants in a shocking Delaware County child abuse case are identified as William Wade, 23; Danielle Hammond, 22; Shakia Jackson, 31; Daryl Carter, 24 and Mark Isom, 22.

(NBC10)

The charges resulting from a six-month child abuse investigation of a Darby, Pa., home are downright sickening. The alleged crimes involve sexual acts performed on a 2-year-old and children being shot with BB guns, according to NBC10 Philadelphia, which adds:

Investigators say that children in a Delaware County home this spring were punched, slapped, thrown over a banister and shot repeatedly with BB guns.

The defendants include three men and two women. The two accused women are the mothers of the five children said to be subjects of the abuse, the news station reported.

The five children victims range in age from 1 year old to 10 years old.

Citing the police affidavit in the case, NBC10 reports that one of the women was forced to perform sex acts on a 2-year-old boy. The children also witnessed sex acts between some of the defendants, the station reports.

"It's almost unbelievable, I mean you can't even imagine the horror that these children had to live under," Delaware County District Attorney Jack Whelan is quoted by ABC6 as saying.

Delaware County court documents show that the investigation into the abuse case began in June.

The defendants are identified as William Wade, 23; Danielle Hammond, 22; Shakia Jackson, 31; Daryl Carter, 24 and Mark Isom, 22.

Charges against the five adults range from corruption of minors to involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child.