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A New Jersey man has been charged with murder after he allegedly punched a toddler to death during a fight with the child’s mother over groceries, according to prosecutors.

Zachary Tricoche, of Pennsauken, New Jersey, was arraigned on murder charges Tuesday.

Tricoche, 24, allegedly delivered the crushing blow after getting into a fight with his girlfriend about the food she brought back from the grocery store.

His girlfriend’s son, 2-year-old Jamil Baskerville Jr., was sitting on a bed nearby and began crying. Tricoche then punched him so hard the boy flew off the bed and hit his head against the wall, prosecutors said.

When the child stood up, Tricoche ordered him to put his fists up like a boxer before knocking him unconscious, according to Philly.com.

Prosecutor: Pennsauken man told 2yo to put up his fists and fight before punching child to death pic.twitter.com/0HBeICVZrR — Cleve Bryan CBS3 (@CleveBryan) August 23, 2016

The boy’s mother called 911 and took Jamil to Cooper University Hospital where he was pronounced dead less than an hour later.

“You’re less of a man to sit there and put your hand on any type of child. No matter what age it is. He was 2 years old. There should be no reason that you want to hit him,”Jamil’s grandfather Gerome DeShields said in an interview with Philadelphia-area television station KYW.

Jamil, who weighed less than 30 pounds, had signs of bruising on his chest, doctors said. His liver was crushed, according to the medical examination.

“Essentially, JB (Jamil) bled to death internally,” said Camden County Assistant Prosecutor Christine Shah.

Tricoche, who has multiple drug-related convictions, looked at the floor for much of the arraignment hearing.

Several guards stood between Tricoche and Jamil’s relatives at the hearing.

“He should be put to sleep, because he killed my grandson,” DeShields told Philly.com.

DeShields, who was among the little boy’s family members at the court appearance, was asked by a KYW reporter how it felt to be in the same room with the man suspected of killing his young grandson.

“Very tough for me to not go over that counter,” he told the TV station. “I just think in the state of New Jersey they need to bring the death penalty back for this incident right here.”

Tricoche is being held on $1 million bail.

The CNN Wire contributed to this story.

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