Man taken into custody after taking son

Indianapolis police officers detained a father accused of abducting his 4-year-old son by gunpoint Tuesday night. Police said Michael Scott, 25, took his son from his mother at a home in the 500 block of Cahill Lane about 9:15 p.m. The mother told police Scott allegedly threatened suicide, assaulted her and threatened to fire the gun before grabbing his son and fleeing. Scott and his son, who was uninjured, were located by police shortly before 2 a.m. Wednesday.
 

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