Horrifying moment cops manage to save toddler, 3, who is being held at gunpoint by his mother’s ‘very distraught’ friend by shooting her dead when she refused to drop the gun

• The woman was no relation to the child, according to authorities in California
• She was shot, warned and shot again after barricading herself in an apartment

This is the horrifying moment police manage to save a three-year-old being held at gunpoint by a woman they shot and killed during a raid in San Bernardino, California.

Authorities received a call on Sunday around 8am claiming Darvet Brown, 35, was holding a gun to the head of the caller’s grandson – and had already fired at least once.

San Bernardino police found Brown, who they said was ‘very distraught’, standing on the balcony of an apartment on the 200 block of E. 21st Street with a gun pointed at the child.

It was unclear who the apartment belonged to or why Brown was there. The mother of the child later confirmed she was a friend, but not a relative, according to police.

The SBPD added her behavior was not ‘completely understood at this time’.

At least one officer opened fire at Brown and hit her, but she continued to hold the gun, police said. When she allegedly refused to drop the gun, police shot a second time, fatally hitting her.

Police bodycam showed the woman with the gun pointed at a child as they trained their weapons on her in an apartment in San Bernardino, CA on Sunday morning

Footage from outside the house showed a large police presence much later on

According to police, the woman had barricaded herself inside the apartment when they found her. 

They caller had warned authorities she was hysterical and said the child was not safe with her inside.

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After getting in and shooting Brown, who they said was a resident of San Bernardino, officers rushed to grab the baby before delivering it safely to family members outside the apartment.

Lt. Jennifer Kohrell with the San Bernardino Police Department said Brown ‘had been very violent with the residents there for quite some time before we even got there.’

Neighbor Jack Quiroz said he was in bed on Sunday morning when he heard police attending.

‘Yeah I was scared. Of course, who wouldn’t be?’ he said. ‘First I heard the helicopter and then I heard gunshots. And I came outside and I seen the police all over the place.’

The investigation is ongoing. 

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact Detective Chavez at [email protected].

Violent crime in California rose in 2022, up 5.7 per cent from 468 crimes per 100,000 in 2021 to 495 last year.

While homicides declined just over six per cent, robbery (theft with force) and aggravated assault rose by 9.9 per cent and 5.2 per cent, according to the Public Policy Institute of California.

The nonpartisan research group notes violent crime state-wide is up 13.5 per cent compared to pre-pandemic levels recorded in 2019. Overall, violent crime has steadily risen in recent years, climbing in six of the last eight. 

Still, it is a considerable improvement on the peak of 1,115 violent crimes per 100,000 residents recorded in 1992. 

San Mateo has seen the biggest increase in violent crime, according to the institute, followed by Contra Costa and Sacramento. 

Violent crime in San Bernardino has conversely seen a general downward trend this year, according to statistics released by San Bernardino Police Department. Robbery in 2023 fell six per cent from figures recorded between 2021 and 2022.

Police were seen removing items of furniture from the apartment after the shooting

The Public Policy Institute of California observed violent crimes rising again statewide

Aggravated assault in the same period fell by 18 per cent, SBPD recording 125 incidents this year after rising to 152 in 2022 from 129 in 2021.

Assault with a firearm fell 25 per cent on 2021/22’s figures – and stayed below the five year average.

There were three reports of homicide locally in 2023, down from 11 in 2022, 11 in 2021, 6 in 2020 and 5 in 2019. 

The PPIC notes San Bernardino saw a significant spike in property crime in 2022, however. 

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