Shoppers inside a Walmart in Colorado banded together to stop a woman from kidnapping a child, according to reports.
The incident occurred on Thursday at 1 p.m. when the Alamosa Police Department was called to the store at 3333 Clark St. for an attempted kidnapping.
When officers arrived, they learned that a 50-year-old woman had grabbed a young child from a shopping cart and attempted to kidnap the child.
Several other people in the store then subdued the suspect until law enforcement arrived. The child was reunited with their parents and was not hurt in the incident.
“Upon officers’ arrival, it was discovered that a female party grabbed a young child from a shopping cart and attempted to kidnap the child,” police said in a Facebook post. “Due to the quick actions of citizens within the store at the time of the incident, they were able to restrain the suspect until law enforcement arrived and reunited the young child back safely to parents.”
The suspect was arrested on multiple charges, including kidnapping, felony menacing, child abuse, and disorderly conduct. It is not known whether the suspect had any connection to the child or whether the child was targeted randomly.
“This was an isolated incident and there is no threat to the community at this time,” the police continued. “The Alamosa Police Department would like to thank the brave citizens, Wal-Mart staff, and community for the quick response and for being alert.”
Similarly, an armed Tennessee man saved a woman from an attempted abduction early last month.
According to FOX 13, two suspects at the Shops of Saddle Creek parking lot in Memphis grabbed the woman as she attempted to enter her SUV.
That’s when the good Samaritan with a gun came in and ran toward the suspects. They then released the woman, jumped into a silver Ford Focus, and fled the scene.
The news outlet pointed out that there was another suspect inside the getaway car, meaning that police are seeking three suspects in connection with the attempted abduction. The woman, meanwhile, received “multiple minor injuries.”
FOX 13 later spoke with shoppers at Saddle Creek about the terrifying incident, with one customer saying: “It’s just really scary. I shop here all of the time.”
