Father injured while chasing stolen car with son inside

ATLANTA — A man who jumped on his fiancée’s car as a thief drove away with his son inside says he did what he had to do to save his son.

Malcom Milliones says he had one thing on his mind.

"Get my son out," he told Channel 2’s Tom Jones.

Video surveillance from the Murphy USA gas station on Old National Highway and Flat Shoals recorded Milliones holding onto the Silver 2014 Kia Optima Sunday around 11 a.m.

He says it all began when he pulled up to the gas pumps.

"I was parked here. My fiancée pulled up directly behind me bumper to bumper," he said.

He says his fiancée went into the store and he began pumping gas for his car.

Milliones says that's when the thief, who appeared to be a teenager, jumped in his fiancée’s car and took off.

"I'm kind of like this, hopping with it and running with it," he said, describing how he was holding on for dear life as the car thief drove his fiancé’s SUV out of the gas station.

He says he held on while the thief drove nearly a quarter of a mile.

"We went from here all the way around the parking lot," Milliones explained, showing the distance he traveled.

He says he was beating on the window trying to let the thief know his son was inside.

When that got the driver's attention, Milliones says his son thought quickly.

"My son took that opportunity to jump out and he fell out like right here at the entrance to the Popeye’s," he said. His son is OK.

Milliones says he later was thrown off the SUV and the thief got away, with his accomplice following behind in a black Toyota Corolla.

He suffered a broken arm, a bruised toe and other injuries in the incident.

Milliones says this is his family's third car theft in the area.

"It's gotten to the point now where we're talking about moving," he said.

Milliones says he really wants the SUV back because not having that car has created a hardship for his family.

He also wants the teen thieves caught, which Fulton County police are working on.

WSBTV