Police: screams of "Why don't you die?" and a crying toddler weren't what they seemed

A passerby in Perth, Western Australia heard a man inside a home yelling 'Why don't you die?' amidst a toddler's screams. The concerned neighbor called the police who responded with haste. Turned out, the man was just trying to kill a spider that was terrorizing his family.

According to police, there were no injuries 'except to spider.'
(BBC)

image: Toby Hudson: 'A redback spider (Latrodectus hasseltii) female'