Woman, children accidentally pulled over by police at gunpoint

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Saturday, August 23, 2014
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Police in Foney, TX pulled over a car filled with children by mistake while searching for a group of adult male suspects

FORNEY, TX (KTRK) -- Shocking new dash cam video shows a young mother being pulled over at gun point by police in Forney, Texas, all while her four little kids were in the car. Police admit they made a mistake but are refusing to apologize.

Kametra Barbour says she was driving four children under the age of 10 home when she was suddenly stopped and surrounded by police.

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Barbour was told to exit the vehicle with her hands above her head. Police then shackled them in cuffs right in front of her children.

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The traffic stop was in response to a 911 caller who had told dispatch four black men were waiving a gun out the window of a beige- or tan-colored Toyota.

The problem: Barbour's car is a burgundy red Nissan Maxima.

It wasn't until Barbour's 6-year-old son, Ryan, came out of the car with his hands up too that police realized they had made a mistake.

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The officers then quickly went to work trying to calm down the now terrified children.

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The police department defends the traffic stop saying the officers responded appropriately to what they believed was a dangerous situation

"For the nature of the call - that a weapon was involved - yes," said Detective Clay with the Forney Police Department told ABC affiliate WFAA.

You can watch the full dash cam video below or by clicking here.