GREENSBORO, N.C. — A missing child at the center of an Amber Alert in Greensboro was reunited with his family after a nightmare unfolded in a gas station parking lot.
An 11-month-old boy was taken from the Great Stops gas station off West Market Street around 9 p.m. Monday. Police said someone stole the family’s black 2015 Chevy Malibu with the child inside.
Police said the suspects drove behind the mother's car at the time it was taken.
The baby boy was missing for five hours before being found early Tuesday morning. He was in his mother’s car alone, at an apartment complex on Laurel Bluff Circle.
The Amber Alert was canceled. The suspects are still on the run.
Police released a surveillance photo of the suspects and they are trying to identify them.
Police confirmed there were three people involved. They do not have surveillance of the third person.
The suspects are believed to be driving in a black Nissan with Georgia tags.
Just this summer, a 5-month-old baby girl was also taken from another Greensboro gas station. Police said that child was also left in a running car.
Greensboro police chief Brian James reminded the public then that these incidents are avoidable, and when they happen, it’s a race against the clock.
“We ask that you please be vigilant about leaving cars not running – not just cars with no one in them – especially when children are in them. My biggest fear is when you have a child that is completely helpless. You don’t know if that person will harm the child,” James said.
If you have information about the suspects in Monday night’s Amber Alert, please call Crime Stoppers at 336-373-1000.