Police Shot At During Arrest But You Won’t Believe Who Pulled The Trigger

A Utah father was arrested Monday after telling his four-year-old son to shoot at police in a McDonald’s drive-thru, according to the Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake.

Sadaat Johnson went to the McDonald’s drive-thru in Midvale and waived a gun at employees after he received an incorrect order. According to a police statement, employees called 911 while correcting Johnson’s order.

Officers responding to the incident asked Johnson to get out of his car, but he refused and they had to remove him. An officer noticed a gun pointing out of a rear window and realized a four-year-old was holding the gun. The first officer notified the other officers that the child had a gun while “swiping the gun to the side as a round was fired.”

Police said the four-year-old, who was in the backseat with his three-year-old sibling, said he was told by his father to shoot at the police.

Sheriff Rosie Rivera reacted to the incident, noting it was a “sad day for law enforcement.”

“To have an adult think it is okay to encourage a four-year-old to pull a firearm and shoot at police illustrates how out of hand the campaign against police has gotten,” she said.

The officer who swiped at the gun suffered minor injuries. The police investigation is ongoing.

Both of Johson’s children were taken into custody by Utah social workers.