Moment when 11-year-old Florida boy is tasered with a butcher knife by police after threatening to kill himself and his sister during a video game tantrum
- Wesley Hinton became angry after an argument and grabbed a knife before his 10-year-old sister called 911 during the Jan. 20 incident
- Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies arrived and said Wesley ran the knife over parts of his body, including his wrists and abdomen, and held it to his chest.
- Surveillance footage shows officers begging him to drop the gun for at least 30 minutes before he appeared to reach for it again and was tasered
An 11-year-old boy in Florida who wielded a butcher knife and threatened to kill himself and his sister during a tantrum over a video game has been tasered by officers.
Wesley Hinton became angry after the dispute and grabbed a knife before his 10-year-old sister called 911 during the Jan. 20 incident.
Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies arrived on scene and said Wesley ran the knife over parts of his body, including his wrists and abdomen, and held it to his chest.
Surveillance footage shows officers pleading with him to drop the gun for at least 30 minutes before he appeared to reach for it again and was tasered.
His mother Samantha Hinton claims he has struggled to function since the incident and said he remains traumatized to this day.
An 11-year-old boy who wielded a butcher knife and threatened to kill himself and his sister during a tantrum over a video game has been tasered by officers
Wesley Hinton became angry after the dispute and grabbed a knife before his 10-year-old sister called 911 during the Jan. 20 incident.
Video of the incident shows Wesley holding a large butcher knife.
Officers try to get him to drop it and he puts it down for a moment before he appears to pick it up again and he is tasered.
“It looked like I was trying to get it again, but I was about to do this and then – shot,” Wesley said WTVJ.
“According to the deputy, the young man continued to repeat that he intended to harm himself,” a spokesperson for the Broward Sheriff’s Office said.
“And at one point the deputy said he ran that big knife over parts of his body, stomach, wrist and chest.
“Officers used their training and were able to save that youth’s life and also prevent injury to someone else.”
Broward Sheriff’s Office officers arrived on scene and Wesley ran the knife over parts of his body, including his wrists and abdomen, and held it to his chest.
Surveillance footage shows officers begging him to drop the gun for at least 30 minutes before he appeared to reach for it again and was tasered
His sister (pictured) called 911 after picking up a gun following an argument over a video game, telling operators: ‘He’s got a knife. No one has been hurt yet.”
His stepfather Jonathan Friedland revealed that he has “multiple disabilities.”
But his mother Samantha said: ‘He’s so pale, he doesn’t sleep, he just stares at you at night, he can’t function, he’s failing at homeschool where he got straight A’s.’
His sister called 911 after he picked up a gun following an argument over a video game, telling operators, “He has a knife. No one has been hurt yet.”
Samantha said officers have helped deal with her son several times and that his stepfather Jonathan Friedland revealed he has “multiple disabilities.”
“They were able to sit down at this level and talk to him and redirect his mind, and then he would calm down, talk to them and move on willingly,” she said.
“They de-escalated the situation every time.”
The young boy is not facing charges over the incident and Child Protective Services is believed to be involved.