A non-custodial father was arrested in Tennessee after allegedly kidnapping his 3-year-old son from his Walker County,  Georgia home on Tuesday, according to the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office.

John Kavin Samples, 26, of Utah, was wanted for taking the boy from his mother’s home in Rossville after forcibly kidnapping the boy.  The mother chased the suspect on foot until Samples was handed a gun by his girlfriend, identified as Anjela Baker.  Samples is accused of shooting at the boy’s mother and attempting to hit her with the vehicle.  Later on Tuesday, deputies in Rutherford County, Tennessee stopped Samples on I-24 near Murfreesboro.

Samples and Baker were charged with being fugitives of justice and were booked into the Rutherford County Detention Center.  The boy was returned to a family member. The Department of Children’s Services took custody of Baker’s 5-year-old daughter and her 6-month-old baby, who is Samples’ child.  Samples is facing charges in Walker County, Georgia of  aggravated assault, kidnapping, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony, cruelty to a child first-degree.

Baker is being charged with kidnapping and conspiracy to commit aggravated assault.