'All of you are going to die': Dad threatens 3 'deathly terrified' young kids, shoots family chihuahua to death for barking, cops say

A South Carolina antheral is down bars aft allegedly telling his 3 children they were "going to die" and shooting the household chihuahua to death.

Chavas Rhodes, 30, faces a slew of charges, including burglary, kidnapping, carnal cruelty and unlawful behaviour towards a child, the North Charleston Police Department said. The incidental unfolded astir 12:30 a.m. connected Tuesday successful the 6500 artifact of Dorchester Road. According to an incidental study obtained by Law&Crime, Rhodes entered the flat wherever his children and their parent live, uninvited, portion she was retired successful the parking lot.

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One of the children said Rhodes allegedly walked done an unlocked doorway and yelled, "All of you are going to dice tonight." Two of the children ran into a chamber and hid nether a bed, the affidavit said. The household dog, a chihuahua rat-terrier premix named Logan, started barking astatine Rhodes, who past changeable the favored dead, cops said.

Rhodes walked into the chamber and ordered the 2 kids to permission with him. The different kid utilized the accidental to tally retired of the flat for help, cops said. Rhodes enactment a broad implicit the 2 kids' heads, but 1 of them saw the dog's assemblage and "dropped to the crushed crying and saying she was not going with the suspect," cops wrote.

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"The fishy became much irritated, told the juveniles to get successful the closet and if they called anyone helium would wounded them," the affidavit said.

One of the kids called their parent from the closet, who came moving to the apartment. Rhodes allegedly pointed a weapon astatine her earlier jumping disconnected a balcony and moving away.

Cops yet caught Rhodes and arrested him. They recovered a weapon helium utilized successful immoderate adjacent bushes, per the affidavit. Rhodes besides appeared to beryllium intoxicated, officers noted.

The parent of the children, who are nether the property of 10, has a home unit injunction against Rhodes.

"The unfortunate and her insignificant children are deathly terrified of Mr. Rhodes," a victim's advocator told a justice Tuesday morning, according to The Post and Courier newspaper.

Rhodes is presently being held astatine the Al Cannon Detention Center without bond.