The arrested father was identified as Ascencio Largo.

He has been booked with child abuse charges.

The incident came to light after cops responded to multiple calls of kids left unattended in the vehicle, which was off with the windows rolled up on a 104-degree (approx 41 degrees) July afternoon, reported New York Post.

“Officers responded to a parking lot of a business near 24th Street and Madison Street regarding multiple children inside of a vehicle that was not running. When officers arrived, they located multiple children in the car. Officers were able to gain entry into the car and secure the children,” Phoenix Police said as quoted by the news outlet.

The temperature inside the car hit a sizzling 125 degrees (approx 51 degrees C), police said.

The kids were identified to be aged 2,3,4 and 7.

The were all showing signs of heat distress, including skin discoloration and profuse sweating, Phoenix Police Sgt. Rob Scherer told New York Post.

The children were removed from the vehicle.

After the children were freed from the roasting car, police contacted Largo, who was taking his sweet time inside The Adult Shoppe, a sex shop featuring “an adult arcade with communal viewing theaters and private rooms, providing a unique and discreet environment for sexual exploration", the newspaper reported.

The father was jailed on four counts of endangerment.