Bakersfield, Calif. — (KGET) A Bakersfield, California man has been arrested in connection with a stunning viral video that authorities say appears to show him striking a toddler in the face at a convenience store Thursday.
Justin Cole Whittingon, 23, was arrested at his home and booked into the downtown jail early Friday on a charge of child endangerment.
Police say they became aware late Thursday of the video that was circulating on Facebook. It appeared to have been taken at the Vest Market in downtown Bakersfield.
The short video shows a little boy running down an aisle of the store. A man is seen chasing the boy for a few seconds, then walking up and striking the boy across the face. The boy falls to the floor gripping his face and crying. The man picks the boy up by his arm and hands the boy over to a woman who leads him out of the store.
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