MESA, AZ — A DCS worker is out of the hospital after nearly strangling to death while on the job.

The suspect, identified as De’Andre Johnson, was arrested and faces four charges, including attempted first-degree murder and aggravated assault.

The incident happened on Tuesday, November 5 at Mesa Tower, located near Southern Avenue and Alma School Road.

According to the Mesa Police Department, for two and a half minutes, Johnson choked the DCS worker.

The employee was working on a case involving Johnson’s daughter.

The crime was streamed live on Johnson’s social media. ABC15 reviewed video that shows the victim interviewing Johnson for about an hour in the lobby of the Mesa Tower.

At one point, the two discuss whether Johnson’s children were physically abused or neglected, but the employee says he doesn’t expect the case to go much further.

However… after the two are done talking, Johnson asks the DCS worker to “shut him down.” The two punch each other and then Johnson charges.

Johnson is heard calling the worker a “dead man” several times.

In another Johnson live stream reviewed by ABC15, he appears to be at his daughter’s school saying he wants to know why his daughter doesn’t want to come to school anymore after being interviewed in a conference room at the school.

He is heard saying on camera that school staff “I don’t think it’s their job to tell me my daughter is walking into a room. Like this one. With the door closed with a man and I can’t tell what happened. And now my daughter doesn’t want to go back to school. We have problems. You will meet me today.”

Police told Johnson at the time that DCS had the ability to interview her child.

According to court records, Johnson was found guilty in 2017 of aggravated assault.

DCS provided the following statement to ABC15 regarding the incident:

“On Tuesday, one of our specialists was assaulted in an unprovoked and horrific manner by a parent at our Tempe/Gilbert office. This disturbing event took place in the public lobby of the building, and although no weapon was used, the attack was serious. enough that our specialist had to be taken away by ambulance for medical attention Several witnesses were present and the perpetrator has since been arrested. We are relieved that the specialist has been discharged and is now recovering with his family.

Our staff is constantly doing difficult work under difficult circumstances, and they do it with the goal of strengthening families and ensuring that Arizona’s children can thrive. The department is committed to keeping staff safe as they carry out this essential work and we are conducting a comprehensive review of this incident to prevent it from happening again.”