A 22-year-old Tyler man pleaded guilty to capital murder this afternoon in the Smith County 114th District Court.

Dramon Rashon Green was accused of kneeing his 2-year-old daughter in the stomach after she woke him from a nap in August 2011.

Tyler police spokesman Don Martin said in August 2011 that Green was arrested for capital murder in the death of his daughter, Ayanna Webb, after the investigation into her death indicated she died of injuries caused by Green.

Martin said police responded to the East Texas Medical Center emergency room after being contacted by medical personnel to investigate suspicious injuries to the child.

Once at the hospital, officers learned that the child was brought to the hospital by her parents and was being treated for major, life-threatening internal injuries. Ayanna underwent emergency surgery to stop bleeding in her abdomen but died as a result of her injuries, Martin said.

Martin said detectives learned through their investigation that Green was napping, and the child was being noisy and woke him from his nap. Green took the child outside and when he brought her back into the home she wasn’t breathing, he said.

The investigation uncovered that Green kneed the child in the stomach violently, Martin said.

Smith County judicial records show Green has been arrested multiple times in the past several years on theft and other charges. Green was being held in the Smith County Jail on a $1 million bond.