A woman who was being arrested for shoplifting now faces charges of child abuse for throwing her baby at officers in an attempt to get away from law enforcement in a mall parking lot in Fort Walton Beach, Fla.

A news release from the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said Ashley Taylor Wright, 23, of Pensacola, was arrested and faces charges of shoplifting and child endangerment.

According to the press release, on Monday, Wright tried to smuggle $261 worth of clothing out of a Dillard's dressing room. She left the store with the clothing, the report says, and went to her car when a deputy confronted her in the parking lot about the clothes.

According to the report, Wright held up her baby in an infant carrier and told the deputy, “You will have to shoot through the baby to get me.” She then ran from the officer after tossing the carrier at the deputy.

The infant was not injured in the incident.

Wright fell as she fled and resisted the deputy when he attempted to take her into custody. She received a cut to her head from the fall and was taken to a local hospital for treatment.