Man arrested after taking his 3 kids, shooting their mother in Plano, police say
PLANO, Texas - Plano police arrested a 29-year-old man for allegedly shooting the mother of his children and then taking off with them.
Timothy Young is charged with aggravated assault. His children, two toddlers and an infant, were found safe.
Plano police found the suspect’s car in a random neighborhood Monday just before midnight, but they had to be careful with their approach because children — including a crying baby — were inside.
The 3-year-old, 2-year-old and 2-month-old were rescued from a vehicle parked in Plano’s Deerfield neighborhood early Tuesday morning after their father allegedly shot their mother multiple times.
Kiran LaFortune lives near the scene where Young was arrested by Plano police.
"I saw children, and I saw that the cops had everything under control," she recalled. "But it was a little scary to see that many police officers with those types of weapons outside our house."
It started in the 1700 block of Preston Road in Plano.
Timothy Young (Source: Collin County Jail)
A woman ran into Dave’s Hot Chicken around 10:30 p.m. Monday, saying she was shot by the father of their children who fled in their SUV with their kids.
A restaurant employee told FOX 4 he called 911.
"From what we understand is they were homeless at this point," explained Plano Police Officer Jennifer Chapman.
The family was living out of the SUV, and police located it an hour later less than two miles away in a neighborhood off Ohio Drive and Old Pond Drive.
"We’re not sure why it was parked in that specific spot," Chapman said.
The father was asleep inside the car, according to police.
It appears the kids were not asleep because the baby was heard crying inside the SUV.
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A tactical team was called in while police carefully put together a plan.
"Trying to come up with the most effective and tactical approach where he wouldn’t have an opportunity to hurt himself or anyone else," Chapman said.
Police used a bulletproof vehicle as a barrier to make contact with Young. They were able to get him out of the SUV and into custody. The children were not harmed.
"The one thing that I just saw is like how compassionate the police officers were," LaFortune recalled. "They were holding the baby. I saw them bringing in warm milk bottles, and you could see like that they were just being so compassionate towards the children."
The mother of those kids survived her gunshot wounds and is recovering.
Plano police say the children are safe but did not specify whose custody they’re in.
Young has a criminal history of misdemeanor theft charges but no violent criminal history. He was taken to the Plano City Jail and charged with aggravated assault.