UNNAMED DAD has been charged with endangerment after he handed his 9 mm. pistol to his 10-year-old daughter and told her to run. Dad had just been pulled over for a traffic stop.
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Dad accused of handing gun to 10-year-old daughter during traffic stop in Detroit
By Jonathan Oosting MLive.com
September 30, 2009, 6:10AM
Detroit police on Wednesday arrested a 30-year-old man on charges of child endangerment and gun possession after he allegedly handed his nine millimeter pistol to his 10-year-old daughter during a traffic stop.
Fox 2 reports that the Detroit Police Gang Squad pulled the man over around 5 p.m near Morang and Peerless on the city's east side. Sources say that before he got out of his white Chevy Tahoe, he handed the gun to his daughter, who ran off with the pistol.
Witnesses say police tackled the father after he got out of his truck, and they found the daughter nearby at an Uncle's house, where they took her into custody and confiscated the gun.
"I don't understand is how you (could) do this to your daughter," said witness John Calhoun. "That makes no sense to me. You should be able to take your lumps as a grown man... be responsible for your own actions."
Sources tell Fox 2 that the girl is with her grandmother, and child protective services is continuing to investigate.