text: An Indiana couple has been charged with child neglect after cell phone video obtained by authorities recorded the pair telling a one-year-old baby to put a gun in her mouth and instructing her to make sounds like the weapon was firing, police said. 
   
   Authorities in Evansville said on Friday they found the video on the phone of Michael Barnes, 19, who was arrested Thursday after he agreed to sell a handgun to an undercover officer through a transaction made on social media, Evansville police said in a statement. 
   
   During what police called a "follow up investigation," officers looking through Barnes' phone discovered the video of the one-year-old baby putting a gun in her mouth. In the background, two adults, identified as Barnes and the toddler's mother, Toni Wilson, 22, encouraged the child to play with the weapon, police said. 
   
   "Barnes can be heard telling the child to say "pow" on multiple occasions while the child plays with the gun," police said. "The video also shows the child placing the muzzle of the gun in her mouth. At no point does Barnes try to stop the child from playing with the gun," the statement said. 
   
   The child's mother told police that the firearm was a pellet gun. Evansville police said the weapon was a .40 caliber handgun. 
   
   Both Barnes and Wilson face multiple charges in the incident, including child neglect and criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon. Barnes also faces charges in connection with the thwarted gun sale, police said. 
   
   The 12-month-old girl and one-month-old twins in the home were placed in emergency care, police said. 
   
   Barnes and Wilson were in custody and not available for comment. It was unclear if they had obtained attorneys or how they intended to plead. 
   
   (Reporting by Victoria Cavaliere; editing by Andrew Hay) ||||| Play Facebook 
   
   Twitter 
   
   Embed Police Release Video of Baby Playing With Handgun 0:24 autoplay autoplay Copy this code to your website or blog 
   
   Police investigating the cellphone of an Indiana man arrested for trying to sell a gun to an undercover officer found a disturbing video Friday — of a baby playing with a .40 caliber handgun. Two videos discovered on 19-year-old Michael Barnes' cellphone showed a 1-year-old boy tinkering with the handgun as Barnes tells the child to say "pow," according to a statement from the Evansville Police Department. 
   
   Authorities didn't say if the gun was loaded. In the video, the infant can also be seen placing the muzzle of the weapon in his mouth. "At no point does Barnes try to stop the child from playing with the gun," police said. 
   
   Barnes was wanted for armed robbery when he attempted to sell a handgun to an undercover officer. He was arrested and charged with resisting law enforcement with a weapon, carrying a handgun without a permit and carrying a handgun without a permit within 500 feet of a school, according to Evansville police. Once investigators found the video of the child playing with the gun, Barnes was charged with child neglect, criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon and allowing a child to possess a firearm, police said. 
   
   The baby's mother, Toni Wilson, 22, faces the same charges after police determined she was present while the videos were being recorded. When questioned, she claimed the gun was a pellet gun, police said. 
   
   The couple's 1-month-old twins were removed from the home and are in emergency care, along with the 1-year-old in the video. Barnes is the father of the twins, but not the older baby boy, police said. 
   
   SOCIAL 
   
   Evansville couple arrested after police discover a video of the woman's 12 month old son playing with a handgun http://t.co/AQJdDIa50g — Evansville Police (@EvansvillePD) January 10, 2015 
   
   — Elisha Fieldstadt ||||| Community 
   
   Evansville Police arrested two people on various charges, including child neglect, after the couple allowed a 12 month old boy to play with a .40 caliber handgun. 
   
   Police arrested 19 year old Michael Barnes on Thursday night after he had agreed to meet with someone to sell a handgun. Barnes had an active warrant for Armed Robbery. Unbeknownst to Barnes, the person he had agreed to sell the handgun to was an undercover officer. When Barnes arrived at the meeting location across from Delaware Elementary School, he was approached by officers and tried to run. He was caught by a Vanderburgh County K-9 Unit a short distance away. The gun he had agreed to sell was found at the scene of his arrest. He was arrested for Resisting Law Enforcement with a Weapon, Carrying a Handgun without a Permit, and Carrying a Handgun without a Permit within 500 Feet of a School. 
   
   During the follow up investigation on Friday, detectives with the ATF/EPD Task Force were examining Barnes' cell phone for evidence related to the attempted sale of the handgun. Investigators found two videos on the phone that showed a 12 month old boy playing with a handgun that appears to be the same one that was recovered from Barnes during his arrest. Barnes can be heard telling the child to say "pow" on multiple occasions while the child plays with the gun. The video also shows the child placing the muzzle of the gun in his mouth. At no point does Barnes try to stop the child from playing with the gun. 
   
   Investigators determined the child's mother, 22 year old Toni Wilson, was present when the video was made. Wilson had been with Barnes during his Thursday night arrest, but was released at the scene. She denied knowing Barnes had a gun at that time. 
   
   Investigators went to Wilson's home at 920 N Elliott on Friday afternoon to speak with her. When confronted about the video, she claimed it was a pellet gun. 
   
   Wilson was arrested for Child Neglect, Criminal Recklessness with a Deadly Weapon, and Allowing a Child to Possess a Firearm. Barnes is also facing those charges in addition to his original charges from his Thursday night arrest. 
   
   The 12 month old and two 1 month old twins were placed into emergency care. Barnes is not the father of the 12 month old, but is the father of the twins.
target: – It may be a bit early in 2015 to be handing out the Parents of the Year Award, but a man and woman in Indiana are certainly contenders: Police say they found a cellphone video featuring Michael Barnes, 19, and Toni Wilson, 22, encouraging a 1-year-old baby girl to place a .40-caliber handgun in her mouth and say "pow." "The video also shows the child placing the muzzle of the gun in [her] mouth," police say in a statement (amended here). "At no point does Barnes try to stop the child from playing with the gun." Wilson is the girl's mother, but Barnes is not her father. Authorities obtained the video after arresting Barnes in a separate incident in which he made arrangements via social media to sell a handgun to an undercover cop, Reuters reports. Wilson claimed the gun in the video was just a pellet gun, but police say that's not true. Barnes has been charged with child neglect, allowing a child to possess a firearm, and criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon, and Wilson faces the same charges, NBC News reports. The baby, as well as month-old twins in the home—of whom Barnes is the father, police say—were put into emergency care. (As for 2010's Parent of the Year winner, it might be the guy who tried to trade his baby for beer.)