(Gray News) - Police in Florida are praising the bravery of a child who held a handwritten note that read "Help us" against a window while hiding during a domestic disturbance.

Kissimmee Police say they responded Oct. 26 to a domestic disturbance involving 33-year-old Andre Janard Smithson at the Florida Ridge Condos.

A woman inside the home told her sister that Smithson was "beating" her, WTSP reports, citing an arrest affidavit.