Authorities in Pierce County, Washington, used a lasso to pull a man from a pond after, they alleged, he chased his father with a chain saw over the weekend, according to bodycam video released Monday.
Neighbors reported that a 32-year-old man was running after his father with a chain saw in a yard, according to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff's office said the man was threatening both of his parents.
Bodycam video of the incident posted on the sheriff's office's YouTube account Monday shows the 32-year-old man — whom authorities did not name — jumping into a nearby pond with the chain saw when officers approached him.
The man refused to leave the pond for more than an hour before deputies used a lasso to rope him and pull him to shore, the bodycam video shows.
He was handcuffed and taken to a hospital, where he was treated for mental health issues, the sheriff's office said.
