A harrowing scene unfolded in Brooklyn’s Coney Island on Sunday night when a man suddenly grabbed a 6-year-old boy off the street—only to be chased down and tackled by the child’s parents, authorities said.
The shocking attempted kidnapping, caught on video, took place as families were enjoying the final hours of the holiday weekend near the bustling boardwalk.
Roy Gantt and Sharon Robinson were with their children when their son, Rah’Shem Gantt, was suddenly snatched by a man dressed in all black and wearing a tall hat. The suspect carried the boy only a few steps before hurling him to the ground when the parents noticed and sprinted after him.
“When I turned around, I saw a man picking him up and heading toward the boardwalk,” Roy Gantt recalled. “Once he saw us chasing him, he threw Rah’Shem down. It sounded like he hit his head on the concrete.”…