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An argument between a 26-year-old father and the mother of his child ended Tuesday when the father pulled a gun, threatened the mother and took the child, Cleveland police said.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A 26-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after police said he pulled a gun and kidnapped his 5-year-old daughter from her mother because the girl had dirty shoes.

Police found the girl about 45 minutes later at the man's house on Utica Avenue. She was not hurt.

Police arrested the father, who has not been charged, and three other men in connection with the incident.

Here's how the incident unfolded, according to a police report:

The girl, her 7-year-old sister and their mother were waiting at a bus stop about 5 p.m. at Superior Avenue and Ansel Road.

Several men pulled up in a white car, and the father got out of the car and picked up the girl.

"Why does she look like this?" he asked, pointing to the girl's shoes.

The parents briefly argued, and the father put down the girl, reached into his waistband and pulled out a pistol.

"If my kid wasn't here I'd shoot you," he said.

The mother tried to grab the child, but the father scooped her up, jumped into the car and drove away.

The father did not threaten to hurt the child.

Police checked the man's home and found a white car parked outside with several men inside.

One of the men had a loaded pistol in his front pocket.

Officers then went inside the home and found the girl on the main floor and the father in an upstairs bedroom.

Police arrested the father on suspicion of kidnapping, menacing, endangering children and domestic violence. The man accused of having the gun faces a weapons charges and the two other men were arrested for outstanding warrants.