A 5-year-old Opened the Door With a Loaded Gun When Cops Arrived and Had to Be Safely Disarmed

A five-year-old boy in Michigan was taken into the care of Child Protective Services after he answered the door for cops while holding a loaded gun.

The police arrived at the child’s home in Battle Creek, about 121 east of Detroit, on Saturday to serve a subpoena. When the child opened the door, he was holding a big knife, as stated in a news report from the Battle Creek Police Department.

A cadet told the child to ask a parent to come to the door. The child was gone for a short time and came back with the gun. The cadet then disarmed the child, the release says.

Patrol officers later responded to the address and found two adult men and one adult female inside. They were arrested and taken to the police station for questioning.

Five children, aged six months to eight years, were placed in the care of Child Protective Services because of a gun incident and the unsafe conditions in their home. A child was taken to a hospital in Kalamazoo due to health issues.

The home where the family lived has been condemned by code compliance. The Calhoun County Prosecutor’s Office is charging the adults living in the home with weapon and abuse offenses.

News 8, a local news source, reported that a man was arrested earlier this month at the same home for suspected domestic abuse.

The woman’s father told the news outlet that she was reportedly living with the father of one of her children and his friend at their home when she was caught. Her father said she had been beaten at home and reported it to the cops.

“She was a single mom with five kids, doing her best after her partner threw out all their belongings and she had to search through the snow to find them,” her father told News 8. It wasn’t obvious what the man meant.

“I love my daughter and my grandkids, and I just want our family to be together again.”