Video shows Utah child, 4, shoot at police outside McDonald's drive-thru

Recently released footage from Utah police shows the moment a 4-year-old child fired a gun at officers after being told to do so by his father, Sadaat Johnson, on Feb. 12.

Sadaat Johnson, 27, allegedly pulled a gun on McDonald's employees in Midvale on Feb. 12. (Unified Police Department/ FOX 13 Utah) Sadaat Johnson's 4-year-old child allegedly fired a gun at officers after Johnson instructed him to do so during his February arrest. (Unified Police Department/ FOX 13 Utah) Audrey Conklin is a digital reporter for FOX Business and Fox News. Email tips to audrey.conklin@fox.com or on Twitter at @audpants.

In the body-camera footage from the Unified Police Department released to FOX 13 Utah, officers can be heard telling two distraught children, ages 3 and 4, in the backseat of Johnson's vehicle, "It's okay," after one of the 4-year-old children fired a single shot. 

Police initially detained Johnson after they asked him to exit his vehicle, and he refused to cooperate, according to a press release from the police department. Footage shows officers forcibly removing the suspect from the driver's seat and handcuffing him on the ground.