The father and son were playing outside when the car struck and knocked the two of them to the ground.
The dad hit the car with his car, trying to stop it, and he was in the passenger seat when the car ran the red light as he was trying back up the street. As he ran, the driver hit him again in the head.
The father said that he had broken off the conversation and was driving home, when he noticed two men in the car, one with a gun. He said, the other one was holding a gun. He said they went around the car and opened the driver's door with a piece of wood, before he and the kids jumped out.
A witness said the victim was "unconscious when he was hit by the car". The father told officers that he ran to his car and tried to shoot the men in that car.
The parents of both drivers are cooperating with investigators and police are asking for anyone with information the father may have to contact police right away.
It is still unclear whether the father got out of a car and started shooting after that.