The father said his daughter had been misbehaving so he decided to discipline her by scaring her with a clown mask.
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Police in Ohio said the man wore the mask and chased his daughter around the neighborhood. The girl then ran into a stranger's apartment, screaming about a clown. The man inside the apartment fired a gun into the yard to scare the alleged "clown assailant."
When police arrived they charged both the dad and the neighbor who fired his gun.
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The dad was charged with child endangerment and inducing panic.
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