Four-month-old baby rescued from mom waving steak knife
“LOS ANGELES – Police think they got there in the nick of time while a woman with a record for child endangerment was waving a knife and holding a baby in downtown Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers rescued a 4-month-old baby from her mother who was frantically waving a steak knife along 7th Street in downtown Los Angeles,” said a police spokesman.
The incident started around 8:35 a.m. on Tuesday with a report of a “woman with a knife, holding a baby.”
She was on the north sidewalk of 7th Street, west of Hope Street.
“The officers arrived quickly and contained the woman,” said Lt. Paul Vernon.
“They had a number of options from pepper spray to tasers, but the first thing they did was talk to the woman. As Officer Chris Green distracted her, Officer Arthur Gonzalez grabbed the woman’s arm and took the knife, while Officer Clinton Popham grabbed the baby. It all happened in a matter of seconds.”
The baby girl was not hurt and appeared to be well cared for, but she was taken to the hospital for examination as a precaution. The child will be cared for by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services.
The child’s identity was not clear as the woman would not speak. Detectives released photos of the child to aid in identifying her and for anyone to come forward with information about the mother and child’s recent history.
The mother, 33-year-old, Malika Johnson, was booked for endangering a child. She had at least three prior arrests for child endangerment since 2004.
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