A FATHER has been charged with child abuse after he became involved in a horrific bar room brawl while holding his four-year-old daughter.
CCTV footage shows Richard Brown, 39, holding the little girl while arguing with a man at the Crossroads Pizza & Wings Bar in Pine, Colorado on January 25.
In the clip released by cops, the troubled dad is attacked by two men after aggressively rowing and pointing his finger in the late-night boozer, reports KDVR.
The 39-year-old is repeatedly punched in the head while holding his daughter before she is eventually taken from his arms.
Brown is then knocked to the ground and sustains dozens of punches and kicks to the head and body.
The one-sided fight then ends with one of the assailants thunderously kneeing the father in the face.
He was then airlifted to a nearby hospital and treated for serious injures, officials confirmed.
Luckily, the four-year-old child was not injured in the terrifying incident.
The two attackers pictured on the CCTV footage fled the scene before police arrived, 9News reports.
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Jefferson County Sheriff's Office confirmed Brown has been charged with misdemeanour child abuse following the incident.
Suspect Joel Michael Wilson, 31 has been arrested and faces charges of first degree assault – extreme indifference, second degree assault – serious bodily injury, and child abuse.
The other suspect has now been identified.
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