Bodycam footage of 4-year-old who shot at police at McDonald’s released
by Kiah Armstrong and Nexstar Media Wire - 07/20/22 1:08 PM ET
MIDVALE, Utah (KTVX) – Police have released body cam footage from an incident at a Utah McDonald’s where a 4-year-old shot at officers back in February.
The 12-minute video shows the moments leading up to the arrest of 27-year-old Sadaat Johnson as well as what took place after one of his children shot at police at the drive-thru.
Unified Police Department initially responded to the McDonald’s on Feb. 21 around 1:30 p.m. when employees reported that a man brandished a gun in the drive-thru after his order was incorrect.
Employees asked Johnson to pull to the front of the restaurant after reporting the incident to the police.
Johnson had two children in the car at the time, a 4-year-old and a 3-year-old.
Officers ordered Johnson to get out of the car several times, but he refused, the video shows. Police then opened Johnson’s front driver’s door, pulling him out.
The videos below are courtesy of the Unified Police Department:
The officer used his hand to sweep the gun away as the gun went off, hitting the upper part of the McDonald’s building. The officer then yelled at the person inside of the car to drop the gun, and after looking inside the car, realized that it was a small child.
The children can be heard crying after the incident as officers ushered them out of the car and away from the scene.
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