Jason Browning, 35, said he wanted to kill Raymond Frolander when he allegedly caught the 18-year-old naked with his son.

A FATHER who beat a man he allegedly found performing sex acts on his son said the suspect would be dead were it not for the 11-year-old boy’s pleas.

Jason Browning, 35, said he wanted to kill Raymond Frolander when he allegedly caught the 18-year-old naked with his son.

After beating Forlander to a bloody pulp, Browning told WKMG he went into the kitchen to get a knife.

“My son is the one who stepped in front of me and stopped me,” Browning said. “My son saved his attackers life, so who’s really the hero in this situation?”

Browning described Frolander as a longtime family friend.

“There was nothing uncommon to let the kids go in the bedroom and play video games together and now I have to wonder why the door was shut,” he said.

The furious father, also a victim of sexual abuse, said he was still having difficulty talking to his son about the incident.

“I’m not going to pressure anything on him, like I said I know exactly what he’s going through, when he’s ready to talk about it, he will,” he said.

The incredible story received international attention last week, when Frolander’s bruised and swollen mugshot went viral after Friday’s beating.

The child had told investigators he was playing video games with friends but after the friends left, Frolander pulled the boy’s pants down and started abusing him.

Covered in bruises, Frolander pleaded not guilty to sexual battery on a child after he admitted to molesting the boy for years.

Browning was not charged with the man’s beating.