ByAnthony Blair
Published July 17, 2025, 10:14 a.m. ET
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Chilling footage shows a 7-year-old boy being kidnapped at gunpoint — as his father abandons him to run to safety.
The footage obtained by WISN shows little Jamal White riding his bike near his Milwaukee home when a white Jeep circles back and blocks his family’s driveway.
Two people jump out of the vehicle and grab the youngster — as his dad, Jamal Sr., sprints inside the house, before coming back outside to slam the trunk of his car in frustration.
3Terrifying footage shows a 7-year-old boy being kidnapped at gunpoint outside his Milwaukee home.FOX 6 Milwaukee
“Hell yeah I ran,” the dad later wrote on Facebook as he was ripped for failing to stop and help his 7-year-old son.
“I ran im thinking they tryna rob me not take my damn baby,” he wrote.
Jamal was snatched at 7 p.m. Friday, but an Amber Alert wasn’t issued until almost five hours later, WISN noted.
He was eventually found nearly 24 hours later at a house seven miles from where he was taken.
“Yalll slow we both alive n my baby tried to get away like I taught em,” the dad said, suggesting he should be praised for his son surviving his kidnapping.
3Jamal White was missing for 24 hours before he was safely found.Family of Jamal White
“God had us the whole time obviously I did right my baby safe !”
Many commenters slammed the dad’s actions.
“Your son gone beat on you when he get older and find out what you did buddy,” one user wrote.
3His father has been slammed for running inside the house when the kidnappers came.FOX 6 Milwaukee
“Bro you ran in the house and slammed the door,” a second wrote.
“I mean did you at least jog after the car?” a third asked.
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Three people have since been arrested, although no motive has been disclosed for the kidnapping, Complex reported.
