- In the US state of Indiana, a man was detained live on television.
- After neighbors reported a child in a hallway with what they thought was a weapon.
- When the police discovered the weapon in Mr. Osborne’s residence, he was taken into custody.
In the US state of Indiana, a man was detained live on television when his four-year-old son was spotted brandishing a rifle while seeming to be diapered.
After neighbors reported a child in a hallway with what they thought was a weapon, Shane Osborne, 45, was charged with negligence, according to the police.
On Patrol: Live broadcast footage of the arrest. The program released surveillance footage that purportedly showed the child handling a gun and even squeezing the trigger.
Beech Grove Authorities said that Mr. Osborne initially informed police there were no guns in the house while claiming to have been sick all day and napping.
“I don’t have a gun,” he tells police on the show, where Beech Grove officers are followed on shift. “I have never brought a gun into this house, if there is, it’s my cousin’s.”
He continued by saying he was unaware that his son had gone outside in the apartment complex’s hallway.
A neighbor approached the authorities with surveillance footage while they were still on the scene. The small child was seen on camera in the corridor with what looked like a real gun.
When the police discovered the weapon in Mr. Osborne’s residence, he was taken into custody.
On the TV program that airs on the Reelz channel, everything was transmitted live. On Tuesday, Mr. Osborne is scheduled to appear in court.
Dennis Buckley, the mayor of Beech Grove, expressed his “mortification” about the incident to local station WTHR.
As with all of you, I’m ashamed of what happened, and I’m extremely grateful that the tiny child was unharmed. I applaud the Beech Grove Police Department’s rapid action in securing the young youngster and the alleged weapon.
It happens in the same month that a 6-year-old student is accused of shooting his teacher at an elementary school in Virginia with a firearm in what the police called an “intentional” shooting.
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