SOUTH FULTON, Ga. — Two children are safe Sunday morning after being taken for a wild ride when their mothers car was stolen from a South Fulton gas station.
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South Fulton police said the three-month-old and nine-year-old were in an unattended vehicle left running at a BP gas station at 3515 Cascade Road around 8:45 p.m. Saturday when someone jumped in and drove away with it.
Police put out an alert to nearby agencies and the vehicle was found a short time later by Atlanta police and East Point police a short distance away at the intersection of Fairburn Road and Mays Crossing.
OFFICERS LOCATE CHILDREN SAFELY TAKEN IN VEHICLE FROM GAS STATION CITY OF SOUTH FULTON, Georgia (September 25, 2021): ...
Posted by City of South Fulton Police Department on Saturday, September 25, 2021
The two children were in the car and were not harmed, they were reunited with their mother a short time later.
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The City of South Fulton police department has not released a description of the suspect only saying they are still searching
They ask anyone who might have seen what happened or has information on the incident to contact 9-1-1 or Crime Stoppers of Greater Atlanta at 404-577-TIPS (8477),
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