DALLAS — A 3-year-old boy is safe with his family after a car was allegedly stolen while the child was asleep in the backseat, authorities say.
The car was parked at a gas station off of Interstate 35 and Camp Wisdom Road around 3 a.m. Friday. That's when the suspect got out of a vehicle and took off in the car that the child was in, according to Dallas police.
Authorities were called by family members stating that the 3-year-old boy was asleep in the back of the vehicle.
Officers and Air One began searching for the vehicle. That's when one officer saw the car abandoned at another gas station off of Interstate 35 and Laural Land Road shortly after, according to authorities.
The suspect allegedly got into a different vehicle and fled the location.
The child has been reunited with his family.
No arrests have been made as of 9 a.m. Friday.
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