Police: 4-Year-Old Shot At Us At Father’s Instruction

CNN reports:

A 4-year-old child in Utah fired a weapon from the back seat of a car toward a police officer, after allegedly being instructed to do so by his father, authorities said. Police were initially called to a McDonald’s in Midvale on Monday when restaurant workers reported a man “brandished” a gun at drive-thru employees after receiving the wrong order.

When officers arrived, they asked the man to get out of the vehicle several times, but he did not comply, the UPD release said. Officers pulled him out of the vehicle.

While the man was being taken into custody, an officer turned around and saw a gun pointing out the back window.  The officer told others there was a gun, and as he swiped the gun to the side a round was fired. Their investigation indicates the father of the child instructed the child to shoot at the officers.

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