SALT LAKE CITY — A suspected robber stole a car Thursday morning with a child inside. The Salt Lake City Police Department is on the lookout for the suspect.

Detective Michael Ruff with SLCPD said the incident happened around 11 a.m. when a woman left her vehicle running outside an office building in The Gateway.

Ruff said she left her child in the vehicle with the doors unlocked.

When the woman came outside, Ruff said someone was driving off with the vehicle.

Police said the suspected robber then stopped the vehicle to let the child out before driving off again.

The vehicle was later found abandoned by the SLCPD.

This is a breaking news story. It may be updated.

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