TAKEN AT A SAVANNAN WAL
MART.
A VIDEO ON FACEBOOK SHOWS A MAN
-- STRIKING A CHILD MULTIPLE
TIMES WITH A BELT.
A FIGHT THEN FOLLOWS --BETWEEN
THE MAN AND SEVERAL
WITNESSES.
NEWS 3S ALEX BOZARJIAN TALKED TO
WITNESSES WHO SAYS.... THE
ACTIONS CROSSED A LINE.
SHE JOINS US NOW WITH A CLOSER
LOOK.
THE MAN WAS FIRST VIDEOED BY A
WOMAN INSIDE THE STORE-HE'S
SEEN
DRAGGING THE CHILD AND THEN
STRIKING HIM SEVERAL TIMES WITH
A BELT-THEN A SEPARATE WITNESS
BEGAN RECORDING THE MAN OUTSIDE
THE WALMART.
NATS:"IF ANYONE GOT A PROBLEM
SPANKING MY CHILD COME SEE ME."
ITS THIS DISTURBING SCENE THAT
STOPPED SHOPPERS AT A
SAVANNAH WALMART DEAD IN THEIR
TRACKS.
JOSEPH MCGOWAN: "HE WAS HITTING
THE CHILDREN---NOT JUST ON THEIR
BOTTOM BUT HE WAS REALLY LANDING
HITS NOT ON THEIR BOTTOM BUT HE
WAS
REALLY LANDING HITS ON AND
ACTUALLY A COUPLE OF TIMES IN
THE
GROIN AREA."
IN THE VIDEO---THE MAN--WHO
LATER IDENTIFIES HIMSELF BY NAME
ON CAMERA----HAS TWO CHILDREN
WITH HIM.
YOU CAN SEE THEM RUNNING THROUGH
THE STORE---THE MAN THEN GRABS
ONE OF THE CHILDREN BY HIS COAT
AND DRAGS HIM.
THE WOMAN RECORDING SPOKE TO
NEWS 3 BUT WAS TOO AFRIAD TO
SHOW HER FACE ON CAMERA.
GABRIELLE:"ALL I CAN SAY IS IN
THE STORE WHEN IT HAPPENED YOU
WOULD THINK SOMEONE PAUSED
TIME--EVERYBODY FROZE BECAUSE WE
FELT HOPELESS AND NOWADAYS WHAT
CAN WE DO."
LIKE GABRIELLE----MCGO WAN TOO
WAS AFRIAD----AFTER
CALLING POLICE HE BEGAN
RECORDING THE MAN FROM THE
PARKING LOT.
HE SAYS HERE IS WHEN THE MAN
BEGAN FIGHTING WITH OTHER
WITNESSES.
NATS: FIGHTING
JOSH MCGOWAN: "I HAVE A DAUGHTER
WHO'S 3 1/2 AND SHES BAD
SOMETIMES BUT I COULDN'T EVER
IMAGINE DOING SOMETHING LIKE
THIS BEATING HER ALL OVER HER
BODY WITH A BELT LIKE THIS
GENTLEMEN
WAS DOING TO HIS CHILDREN."
MCGOWAN SAYS SHORTLY AFTER THE
MAN LEFT----SAVANNAH POLICE
ARRIVED AND TOOK SEVERAL WITNESS
STATEMENTS.
"WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THIS MAN
ARRESTED---YES THE OFFICERS
INDICATED
THAT THATS WHAT THEY PLANNED ON
DOING I DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR
NOT
THEY DID BUT I WOULD HOPE SO
WHEN YOU INJUR SOMEONE ELSE AND
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE IN A
CARETAKER ROLE--ITS REALLY
ITS A CRIME."
AT THIS TIME WE DO NOT IF THAT
MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED BUT
SAVANNAH POLICE SAY THE INCIDENT
WILL BE LOOKED INTO EXTENSIVELY.
ALEX BOZARJIAN WSAV NEWS 3.
