Video shows dad swinging baby 'like a baseball bat' in fight with girlfriend

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A California man has been arrested after surveillance video captured a violent argument between he and his girlfriend.

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“It was horrible to watch,” said Christy Ogden, whose security camera caught the altercation. “Especially since we didn’t know what was going on until after the fact, so it wasn’t like we could have stopped it."

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In the video, the man appears to swing the 18-month-old boy around his head, then uses the child to hit the woman.

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"Almost like a baseball bat," said Det. Jerilynn Czobakowski. "It takes your breath away. And then there's anger."

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At one point, he drops the child and the boy chases after him.

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"And to see the baby get up and then still run to dad because they're innocent. That's just horrible,"

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Police say the woman in the video was trying to hide from her boyfriend inside a gated community, and when he finally found her, his temper flared.

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The suspect, Techhoak Danny Lim, 27, reportedly admitted to part of the act. Lim took officers to check on the boy, who had cuts and bruises.

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