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Man accused of using 4-year-old as shield during knife fight
2:13 PM on 11/11/2009
A Springfield, Ohio man is accused of using a child for a human shield after an argument over text messages escalated into a knife fight.
Police said Tilic Beal, 19, and the child's mother, 29-year-old Hassanah Merchant were arguing when both pulled knives.
Investigators say that's when Beal grabbed the four-year-old boy and used him as a human shield.
Merchant said Beal was backed-up against a wall, holding the boy, when she said, "You gonna use my son for a shield? You really gonna use my son to protect you?"
Police arrived and arrested Beal.
He remains in the Clark County Jail, charged with domestic violence and child endangering.
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