An Ohio man, aged 28, is facing charges for allegedly leaving his one-year-old child unattended in a car while he shopped at a local Aldi grocery store.

Court documents reveal that Dazhawn Richardson is being charged with child endangerment. The incident report details that officers from the Solon Police Department were called to the Aldi parking lot on the 6200 block of Som Center Road around 3 p.m. on Friday, November 14. A concerned caller had requested a welfare check on a baby allegedly left alone in a vehicle.

Upon arrival, police identified the vehicle, a black Mercedes sedan, on the building’s north side. Officers reported hearing a baby crying and quickly located the child, who was strapped in a car seat in the back. Using a “lock-out tool,” they managed to unlock the car and called local fire department medics to evaluate the child’s health.

As medical personnel arrived, Richardson emerged from the Aldi store and identified himself as the child’s father.

Following a medical examination, the child was returned to Richardson. Subsequently, he was issued a citation for child endangerment by the authorities.

Body camera footage obtained by Law&Crime begins with officers approaching the car as the baby inside can be heard crying. The front and back windows on the passenger side of the car appear to be cracked about an inch.

The responding officer can be heard speaking with a female witness, presumably the person who called 911, about the situation. The witness said she was a mother and had been waiting at the car for some time while the baby cried.

“The baby is crying. It’s been a while,” she told the officer.

“Yeah, that’s totally unacceptable. I mean, that’s literally a baby,” the officer says in agreement.

When officers get the door open, the child appears to cry even louder. An officer takes him out of the car and noted that the little boy appeared cold and was shaking. He further commented that the car had not been running and the heat was not on despite it being only 40 degrees outside.

“The kid was literally shivering,” the officer first responding officer can be heard telling one of his colleagues.

When police met Richardson exiting the store, he told them he did not have any change to get a grocery cart and could not hold his son and the groceries at the same time. Richardson, who appeared to be genuinely concerned, repeatedly confirmed that he understood his actions were “stupid” and could have put his son’s safety at risk.

He claimed he initially tried to bring his son into the store with him, but was unable to do it. He also mentioned that he had recently donated blood and his arm hurt as a result.

Police and paramedics said they believed the boy was in the car for at least 15 minutes.

Shortly after authorities mentioned that Child Protective Services could be called, Richardson was allowed to go into the ambulance with his son. About a minute later, one of the paramedics can also be heard telling police that Richardson was crying.

“Oh he should be. Absolutely,” one of the officers responds.

It was not immediately clear when Richardson was scheduled to appear in court on the child endangerment charge.