A 6-year-old boy has been found safe after the car he was sleeping in was stolen from a Philadelphia convenience store parking lot
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A 6-year-old boy has been found safe after the car he was sleeping in was stolen from a Philadelphia convenience store parking lot.
Police were called to the 7-Eleven in the city's Northeast section after 2 a.m. Tuesday.
The sleeping boy's stepfather left the car running with the heat on as he went into the store.
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Police say that's when someone took off with the car and the child in the back seat.
Officials say the vehicle was found abandoned about a half hour later.
Chief Inspector Scott Small says the child remained asleep through the ordeal and wasn't harmed. The boy has been reunited with his family.
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Police are continuing to look for the suspect who fled from the stolen car.