Texas, 30 January 2025: A viral TikTok video showing a 25-year-old Texas man using a three-month-old baby to wipe snow off a car has sparked outrage and disbelief, prompting an investigation by Port Arthur police.
Port Arthur Police Chief Tim Duriso confirmed to KFDM/Fox 4 News that his department is looking into the incident, which took place earlier this week after a winter storm left the area covered in snow.
The footage, filmed in Port Arthur—about 90 miles from Houston—shows the man gripping the baby with both hands and using it to brush inches of snow off the windshield of a Hyundai Elantra. He can be seen laughing throughout the video.
While many viewers speculated that the object in the video could be a doll rather than a real infant, others criticized the act regardless.
“It’s a sad situation. I know a lot of people go to social media and they are looking for clicks… but this is not a deal where you should put a baby on the windshield,” an official told the New York Post.
Authorities mentioned that two women were present while the video was being filmed, with one of them believed to be the baby’s mother.