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LAPD looking for kidnapping suspect
LAPD investigators continue their search for a woman who allegedly attempted to kidnap a child from a store in the Westlake District.
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Police Department investigators continue their search for a woman who allegedly attempted to kidnap a child from a store in the Westlake District.
LAPD officials said the woman forcefully grabbed a four-year-old child from behind without consent and carried him outside the store. The woman put the child down when confronted by the child's parent. She then fled the location on foot.
The attempted kidnapping happened around 12:40 p.m. Sunday at a store at 620 S. Virgil Ave., Suite 100, just north of Wilshire Boulevard, according to LAPD.
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The suspect was described as a roughly 40-year-old Black woman, about 5 feet, 5 inches tall and 150 pounds, and was wearing a brown jacket, black shirt, blue jeans and black-and-white shoes, according to the LAPD.
Anyone with information on her name or whereabouts is urged to contact LAPD Detective S. Soto at 213-382-9437. Tipsters can also call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.