Video coming out of Florida captured the harrowing incident where a man had an intense confrontation with police and used an infant as a human shield before ultimately being tased and arrested.
According to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were responding to a call a man, Brandon Loehner, had abducted his 1-year-old son at gunpoint from the child's mother. After a short pursuit, Loehner exited his vehicle near a McDonald's drive-thru with his son in his arms. As deputies approached Loehner, he began using the child as human shield before being tased and apprehended.
“Here is a case of a domestic situation turning violent, putting a 1-year-old child and innocent drivers in danger,” said Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly. “Deputies were confronted with a very chaotic situation and a very combative individual that was putting his child at risk by using the child as a shield. Our deputies did everything they could to quickly rescue this child safely from a madman and apprehend the suspect.”
The child was later reunited with his mother while Loehner was treated for injuries sustained from the K-9. Loehner was charged with kidnapping, using a minor as a shield, resisting with violence, child neglect, fleeing and eluding and reckless driving.
Source: Nypost.com
