A woman who allegedly grabbed and then tried to abscond with a 4-year-old child from a Los Angeles Target store earlier this week is now in police custody.
The unidentified woman was found and detained shortly after 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in North Hollywood, near the intersection of Magnolia Boulevard and Tujunga Avenue, the Los Angeles Police Department said. Announced in X.
On Sunday, a woman allegedly tried to kidnap the boy, forcibly grabbing him from behind and taking him out of a Koreatown Target store, according to Los Angeles police.
She left the child outside the store after his parents confronted her and then fled.
The incident is under investigation and the suspect's name has not been released. As of early Wednesday afternoon, she had not yet been arrested but remained in police custody, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
