A 3-year-old boy was returned safely to his mother Thursday after police said his father took him at gunpoint days earlier in College Park.
Authorities are still searching for the father, 17-year-old Kashief Brooks, who is wanted on charges of kidnapping, aggravated assault and making terroristic threats.
During the two days his son was missing, police contacted Brooks and he agreed to bring the boy home. Clayton County police asked for the public’s help to find the child Wednesday evening when Brooks did not make good on that promise.
The 3-year-old was reported missing just before 5:30 p.m. Tuesday from a home in the 1500 block of Tigris Court, police said in a news release. Officers learned that the missing toddler had been taken from his mother at gunpoint without her permission.
Investigators found that it was Brooks, the child’s father, who had taken him, police said. The child had returned home as of early Thursday morning and was safe with his mother, according to an update on Facebook.
It was not clear if Brooks had been in contact with the child’s mother.
Investigators are asking anyone with information on Brooks’ whereabouts to call Clayton police at 770-477-3550.
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