A Texas man was charged with attempted capital murder this week after police found him and his 8-year-old son hanging from a staircase baluster.

McKinney Police officers were sent to the home, where Kendall Thigpen-Watkins, 32, was threatening to kill himself and his son, the Dallas Morning News reported.

“Our officers immediately cut the rope and provided life-saving measures to both Thigpen-Watkins and the child,” a police statement said.

Thigpen-Watkins and the boy were taken to a hospital. Police said on Friday the child had been released.

Thigpen-Watkins was booked into the Collin County Jail when he was released from the hospital. He was still behind bars on Friday with a $300,000 bail.

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[Featured image: Kendall Thigpen-Watkins/Collin County Sheriff’s Department]