Woman Carjacked With Baby Inside Vehicle in Northeast DC

An infant was inside an SUV that was stolen Wednesday afternoon from a Northeast Washington gas station, D.C. police said.


The white Porsche Cayenne was stolen in the 5500 block of South Dakota Avenue as a woman who had been driving the vehicle was getting gas about 2:50 p.m., said Officer Hugh Carew, a spokesman. Police found the vehicle and the baby inside in the 400 block of Kennedy Street NE about 20 minutes later.


The baby was unharmed and police did not identify the age or gender of the child.


A woman was pumping gas when a man got into her Porsche SUV and took off with her 13-month-old baby inside.
Police say the carjacking occurred at around 3 p.m. at a gas station on South Dakota Avenue.
The suspect abandoned the car a couple blocks away and fled in a getaway car over the Prince George's County border.


Police say the baby was unharmed and was reunited with her family.