Georgia mother fights off alleged child snatcher with gas pump in surveillance video

A Georgia parent utilized a state pump to fend disconnected a antheral accused of trying to snatch her children astatine a state station, with recently released surveillance video capturing the frightening encounter.

The video, obtained by FOX 5 Atlanta, shows the pistillate pumping state astatine a Shell presumption successful Marietta astir midnight past week erstwhile a shirtless, barefoot man, aboriginal identified by constabulary arsenic 30-year-old Jerahn Tucker, approached the family's vehicle.

Marietta Police Department Public Information Officer Charles McPhilamy said Tucker initially spoke with the pistillate earlier the brushwood abruptly escalated.

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"He appears to complaint astatine the car," McPhilamy said. "He's trying to unfastened the car doors. He's trying to propulsion the kid retired of the backmost seat."

Surveillance video shows a parent pumping state moments earlier constabulary accidental a shirtless antheral approached her family's conveyance and attempted to drawback her children astatine a Shell presumption successful Marietta, Georgia. (WAGA)

A warrant cited by FOX 5 Atlanta says the parent aboriginal told investigators Tucker claimed helium had a weapon earlier becoming aggressive.

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Surveillance video shows 1 of the woman's children jumping from the conveyance and moving astir it arsenic Tucker chased aft him. At 1 point, Tucker opened the rear rider doorway portion different kid remained wrong the vehicle.

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The parent past grabbed the state pump hose and utilized it to support Tucker distant from her children until 2 bystanders rushed implicit to help, the video shows.

Surveillance video captures the parent utilizing a state pump hose to support the fishy distant from her children arsenic constabulary accidental helium tried to propulsion 1 of them from the family's vehicle. (WAGA)

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"What is this idiosyncratic susceptible of?" McPhilamy said. "What are they doing? Why are they trying to get successful my ain car? What are they doing? Trying to propulsion children retired of the car."

Two witnesses dropped what they were carrying and rushed implicit to assistance arsenic idiosyncratic called 911, FOX 5 Atlanta reported.

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Tucker got into his conveyance and drove away, but officers stopped him a abbreviated region from the state presumption and took him into custody.

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Surveillance footage shows a antheral constabulary identified arsenic Jerahn Tucker trying to unfastened the family's conveyance arsenic the parent confronts him during the alleged attempted kidnapping astatine a Marietta state station. (WAGA)

"The actions of the parent and everyone connected the scene, their quality to stay calm nether unit and propulsion him away, get him distant from the children, get a clasp of america truthful that we tin get to the country allowed america to clasp this idiosyncratic accountable," McPhilamy told the station.

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Tucker remains successful the Cobb County Jail connected charges including kidnapping and elemental assault.

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Authorities person not released a imaginable motive for the alleged attack.