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Utah takes custody of 4-year-old who shot at cop

Utah social workers took custody of two children whose father allegedly told his 4-year-old son to shoot at cops during a heated dispute at a McDonald’s drive-thru, police said.

[Mr.] Sadaat Shamille Johnson, 27, allegedly pulled out a gun during Monday’s wild incident at a McDonald’s in Midvale, where he became enraged over an incorrect order, the Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake told The Post.

Johnson then allegedly instructed his son to shoot at police officers as he was being taken into custody by responding cops after McDonald’s workers called 911, Sgt. Melody Cutler said.

“I’ve been in law enforcement for 27 years and I’ve never seen anything like this,” Cutler said early Tuesday. “That a 4-year-old even knows how to utilize a firearm and point it at an officer and pull the trigger is incredibly disturbing.”

Johnson’s 4-year-old son, who was in the backseat at the time with his 3-year-old sister, fired the gun, but an officer managed to deflect the weapon as it went off — with the round getting lodged in an awning, police said.