A mother in Florida received a terrifying call from her child on Monday, during which he reported being threatened by other kids with a gun. She rushed to his location to protect him from the altercation, but she accidentally struck him with her own car while allegedly trying to intervene and hit the other children. As a result, she is now facing serious charges.
Quantavia Miltanise Samuel, a 33-year-old resident of Miami, explained that her 12-year-old son was in the neighborhood attempting to recover a misplaced backpack. During that event, he called his mother to say that a group of kids might attack him and that one had a firearm. She hopped into her Toyota RAV4 and drove to where she believed her son to be.
Upon arriving she allegedly hit her own son with the car. When asked by police how that happened she reportedly said “‘I was trying to get them off my son.” Police say that after she hit her boy she got out of the car, helped him up, put him inside, and then continued chasing after the other kids. She caught up with them at their home.
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Police located all parties involved at a single residence and discovered that Samuel’s son was suffering from hip and leg pain. He was then transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital for medical care. During their investigation, authorities also learned about the mother’s actions in attempting to end the altercation.
Now, Samuel faces multiple charges including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. She’s in Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center with a $15,000 bond according to NBC Miami.
Miami Police spokesman Michael Vega said “She wanted to hit these two kids… This is what we say all the time, if there’s a problem like this, the correct thing would have been that she call the police and then she can respond, which if we would have been there, we would have prevented this.” What happens next is up to the court to decide.