Failed kidnapping attempt in broad daylight
A video shows
the moment a desperate mother tries to grab her child from a kidnapper.
The New York Police Department Crime Stoppers released a video on Twitter showing two perpetrators picking up a five-year-old girl and running back to the getaway vehicle.
In a turn of events, the mother reacted quickly and retrieved her child through the open window of the car.
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All that the perpetrators could do was speed off. It was not their day because CCTV footage could identify the one man and James McGonagle, 24 of Queens, was arrested!
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Watch the footage below:
🚨WANTED for ATT. KIDNAPPING: On Thurs, 7/15, at 8PM, in front of 117-02 Hillside Av in #Queens, the two perps (pictured) picked up & placed a 5 y/o victim in the back of their car. The victim’s mother retrieved her child through the window and the perp’s fled in the vehicle. pic.twitter.com/0NULpjZyBV
— NYPD Crime Stoppers (@NYPDTips) July 16, 2021
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Image credit: Twitter/NYPD Crime Stoppers