Police initially detained Johnson after they asked him to exit his vehicle and he refused to cooperate, according to a press release from the police department. Footage shows officers forcibly removing the suspect from the driver’s seat and handcuffing him on the ground.
During that time, an officer noticed a gun pointing from a rear window of Johnson’s vehicle, at which point he alerted other officers to the gun and pushed it “to the side as a round was fired,” the press release states. He also alerted other officers that it was a “kid” who fired the weapon.
A preliminary investigation indicated that the 27-year-old instructed his child to shoot at officers, police said.
Court records obtained by FOX 13 revealed that the child shot at officers because “he wanted his daddy back.”
A 4-year-old child fired at police officers at a McDonald’s in Midvale, Utah, in February. (Google Maps)
“To have an adult think it is okay to encourage a [4]-year-old to pull a firearm and shoot at police illustrates how out of hand the campaign against police has gotten,” Sheriff Rosie Rivera said in a February statement after the incident. “This needs to stop and we need to come together as a community to find solutions to the challenges we face in our neighborhoods. Officers are here to protect and serve and we are beyond belief that something like [this] could happen.”
Utah authorities charged Johnson with child abuse, aggravated assault and interference with an arresting officer after the incident, according to FOX 13.
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