Toddler Severely Burned After Police Throw Stun Grenade In Playpen

A 19-month-old boy suffered severe burns after police threw a flash grenade into his playpen during a drug raid at his Georgia home on Wednesday

The baby was rushed to Grady hospital where he remains in intensive care. The child has a 50 percent chance of survival, CBS Atlanta reported.

"We got to see him and his whole face is ripped open," the toddler's mother, Alecia Phonesavanh, told CBS Atlanta. "He has a big cut on his chest."

Habersham County police said they did not know there were children in the home when they arrived a little after midnight to investigate suspected drug dealing.

"Those cops busted in the door and threw the grenade without even looking first," Phonesavanh, told WWMT-TV. "And it went right in his playpen and exploded on his pillow, right in his face."

The child is reportedly in critical condition and is in a medically induced coma.

Police showed up at the home to carry out a warrant after they received a tip that drugs were being sold inside. A "stun grenade" was thrown in an attempt to get past something that was blocking the door, Sheriff Joey Terrell told USA Today.

The obstruction turned out to be a playpen with the toddler sleeping inside.

"There were no clothes, no toys, nothing to indicate that there was children present in the home," Terrell told WWMT-TV.

The sheriff said their confidential informant told them the suspected meth dealer had no children. But the informant did not know the children were kept out of site in another room while the drugs were sold, Terrell told USA Today.

"These drug dealers don't care," the sheriff said.

The toddler's family was staying at the home with other relatives after their Wisconsin home burned down, according to WWMT-TV. A gofundme page was set up to raise funds to cover the child's medical bills.

"It's my baby. He's my only baby. He didn't deserve any of this," the mother told CBS Atlanta.