Teen says gun-wielding father threatened to kill her

A Canton man accused of brandishing a gun and threatening to kill his 18-year-old daughter was taken into custody after the young woman escaped the home and went to the police station with her mother.

No shots were fired and no injuries reported.

The incident unfolded shortly before 6 p.m. Aug. 5 in the 41700 block of Wild Turkey Lane, near Palmer and Haggerty.

The teen told police she had sent texts to her father at work asking if she could go to a friend's house and then to her mother's house.

The teen said the father arrived home, took her cell phone away and went to the basement. She said she followed him and he yelled at her, telling her not to return to his residence if she went to her mother's.

She told police she began to pack and he began yelling. She closed her bedroom door and propped a chair in front of it, saying she was frightened. She said he began kicking the door and threatened to assault her.

The teen said her father damaged the door, then threatened to kill her and went downstairs to get what she described as a black semiautomatic handgun. She said he pointed it at her and she ran into a bathroom and locked the door.

She said he knocked on the door and threatened her before going back downstairs. The teen then went to her room, grabbed her bag and fled the house, calling her mother from a neighbor's house.

Police took the father into custody and are continuing their investigation.

Hometown Life reporter Darrell Clem can be reached at dclem@hometownlife.com.