Evansville police arrested a man on Saturday after responding to a 911 hang-up call at an apartment building in the 300 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, just before 9:45 a.m.

According to an affidavit cited by police, a woman told officers that a man identified as Rafael Evans hit her in the head while two children were present and took her handgun without permission. She told police she had not allowed him to have the gun.

As officers gathered to take Evans into custody, police say one officer saw him pass the children across a gap between his balcony and a neighboring apartment's balcony. The affidavit says the apartments were six floors up with no safety net below. Police say Evans later came out holding one child and was taken into custody without incident, and that a handgun was found in the neighboring apartment.

Evans was booked into the Vanderburgh County Jail on allegations including domestic battery, theft of a firearm, possession of a firearm by a serious felon and neglect of a dependent. Those charges are allegations and have not been proven in court. Police say Evans told officers the argument was verbal and denied taking the gun.