A 24-year-old father was arrested after he allegedly left his three children unattended at a McDonald’s playground while he walked to a job interview.
Chris Louis told cops he left his children, ages 10, 6, and 1, at the indoor playground on March 22 because he did not have a car and did not want to make them walk back home.
Louis left the children to attend his job interview at around 4:30 p.m. and returned to retrieve them at 6:18 p.m.
Police arrested him at the McDonald’s. The children were reportedly unharmed and are in their mother’s custody.
Louis’s story sparked a wave of support, including from former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown, who started a GoFundMe page for the struggling father.
“Story caught me by surprise. A dad just trying to find a way to make money for his family,” Brown wrote on the page.
“I know he shouldn’t just leave his kids, but some people don’t have the means for babysitting, etc.”
