Surveillance video captured the appalling moment a St. Louis teenager attempted to grab a baby from a mother’s arms as she crossed the street with her husband.
The incident happened in the Central West End neighborhood Sunday, as a family of crossed the street at around 8.30am.
The mother – wearing a blue jacket – is seen holding her 11-month-old baby as the father walks beside them.
A man in a gray hoodie, identified as 19-year-old Anthony McGee, begins to move towards the family.
Suddenly, McGee grabs the infant. The father manages to fight him off before chasing him out of frame, with McGee then said to have broken an 82 year-old woman’s arms.
Surveillance footage shows Anthony McGee, 19, approaching a young family of three
He attempts to wrench the infant from the 29-year-old mother’s arms, but the father intervenes
McGee has been charged with assault, kidnapping, endangering the welfare of a child, armed criminal action and resisting arrest
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