A domestic dispute tied to an ongoing divorce turned into a violent emergency after a woman told officers her estranged husband kicked open a door, forced his way inside, and tried to carry her out of the home over his shoulder, according to bodycam footage posted by BC Video.
The footage begins with officers arriving at a residence and speaking with a visibly shaken woman, who immediately tells them that her ex had come to the house and broken the door open. When an officer asked what happened after he got inside, she said he was “trying to take me out of the house.”
The damage to the door was visible in the footage, and the woman said the man had broken both the door and the frame when he entered. She identified him to police as Dylan, though the video does not provide his full name to the public.
At first, the woman told officers she did not need paramedics, but she described being grabbed and physically lifted. She said Dylan put her over his shoulder and tried to take her out of the home before others inside were able to stop what was happening.
One of the most disturbing parts of the call is how quickly it moved from property damage to an alleged attempt to remove a woman from a home by force. A kicked-in door is serious enough, but when it is followed by an alleged attempt to carry someone away, the danger becomes much harder to minimize.
Officers Hear Claims of a Pattern
As officers gathered information, others at the home described earlier violence as well. One person told police that Dylan had previously punched a man, leaving him with a black eye and a broken nose, though they clarified that earlier injury did not happen that night.
The woman also said this was not the first time Dylan had come to the property to cause problems. In the bodycam footage, she explained that she and Dylan were separated and going through a divorce, and that she had left their shared home earlier while he remained with the children.
According to her account, Dylan followed her to the residence where the incident occurred. She said he later threatened to call authorities and accuse her of leaving the children alone, even though she claimed he was the one who left them to come after her.
That detail became a major concern for officers because the situation was no longer only about the alleged break-in and attempted kidnapping. It also involved children who may have been left at another home while the confrontation unfolded somewhere else.
One officer told the woman that other officers were headed to the children’s location and would stay there while they figured out whether Dylan was there. The woman repeatedly said she needed to get back to her kids, especially once she learned Dylan had been taken into custody.
The Alleged Attempt to Carry Her Away
The woman gave officers a clearer statement as the investigation continued. She said she had surgery on her shoulder that Monday and had been physically vulnerable when Dylan arrived at the home.
“He picked me up and put me over his shoulder,” she told officers in the footage, explaining that he was trying to take her with him. She added that others in the house stopped the situation from going further.
At one point, the woman said she was in shock and began describing anxiety symptoms, including chest pain and feeling like she might pass out. She then agreed to be checked by medical personnel, and officers requested an ambulance.
When paramedics arrived, an officer summarized the situation for them, saying the woman’s ex-husband had kicked in the door, thrown her over his shoulder, and that she needed to be checked because she had recently undergone surgery.
The paramedic told her he could not check her internal condition in the field, but he could perform an EKG to see what her heart was doing electrically. The woman, still focused on the children, said she could not go to the hospital at that moment because she needed to go home to them.
This is the kind of situation where trauma can be layered. There is the physical allegation, the broken door, the fear from the confrontation, and then the immediate panic over whether the children are safe somewhere else.
Police Locate Dylan and Take Him Into Custody
While officers remained with the woman and collected statements from people inside the home, they also circulated a description of Dylan and the vehicle he was believed to be driving. The woman said he was in her black Chevy Silverado, described as a four-door truck.
She also told officers about an earlier incident involving a firearm, saying that around three weeks to a month earlier she had called police because Dylan was allegedly trying to kill himself with a firearm. She said she had taken the firearm away from him.
A short time later, officers learned that Dylan had been located and taken into custody. When the woman heard that, her attention immediately shifted to the children, and she asked where they were if he was no longer at the home.
The footage later shows officers speaking with another woman about what happened with the children. That woman said the children had been left with Dylan and that he followed the victim after she left the house.
She told officers she did not know exactly how long after the victim left Dylan followed her, but she said the 911 call came shortly after he showed up. Officers appeared to be trying to establish whether the children had been left unattended and for how long.
The woman also expressed concern about one child who had the flu and was sleeping in her bed. An officer suggested they go check on the child to make sure he was breathing and okay.
Dylan Declines to Answer Questions
After Dylan was taken into custody, officers read him his rights. In the footage, he confirmed that he understood them, then initially said he was not willing to answer questions.
A second officer later explained that they were not trying to question him about the alleged assault itself, but needed information about the children. The officer carefully asked whether he was willing to answer questions without an attorney present, and Dylan eventually agreed to answer questions related to that issue.
The footage does not show a full interview about the alleged break-in or attempted kidnapping, and there is no detailed statement from Dylan about the accusations. Officers appeared to respect his initial refusal to answer investigative questions while still trying to sort out the child safety concerns.
That distinction matters because domestic cases often have several moving parts at once. Police may need to investigate the alleged crime, secure the scene, protect the victim, locate a suspect, and also determine whether children or other vulnerable people are in danger.
In this case, the bodycam footage suggests officers treated the alleged forced entry and attempted abduction as serious crimes while also moving quickly to confirm the children were safe.
A Divorce Dispute With Serious Criminal Allegations
According to the statements captured in the BC Video footage, the core allegation is that Dylan forced entry into a home during a divorce-related dispute, grabbed his estranged wife, placed her over his shoulder, and tried to remove her from the residence against her will.
An officer at the scene could be heard discussing possible felony charges, including residential burglary and attempted kidnapping. The final charges and court outcome are not provided in the transcript, so those details remain unclear from the available footage.
Still, the bodycam video shows why officers appeared to treat the call with urgency. They had a damaged door, a victim describing a forced attempt to take her from the house, claims of a prior violent incident, concerns about children left at another residence, and a suspect who had fled in a vehicle.
The woman’s repeated insistence that she needed to get back to her children made the scene even more tense. Even after agreeing to be checked by medical personnel, she resisted going to the hospital because she was worried about what was happening at home.
What stands out most is that the people in the house seemed to understand how much worse the situation could have become if they had not intervened. The woman said Dylan was physically carrying her away, and according to her account, others stopped him before he could get her out of the home.
In domestic violence cases, the most dangerous moments often come when a relationship is ending and one person refuses to accept it. Based on the statements in this footage, that appears to be the fear at the center of this call.
By the end of the bodycam video, Dylan was in custody, the woman had been checked by medical personnel, and officers were working through the details surrounding the children. The broken door was only the visible damage; the larger concern was the allegation that a divorce dispute had escalated into a violent attempt to take a woman from a home by force.
Mark grew up in the heart of Texas, where tornadoes and extreme weather were a part of life. His early experiences sparked a fascination with emergency preparedness and homesteading. A father of three, Mark is dedicated to teaching families how to be self-sufficient, with a focus on food storage, DIY projects, and energy independence. His writing empowers everyday people to take small steps toward greater self-reliance without feeling overwhelmed.
