ST. LOUIS (KMOV) - A Missouri household continues to be shaken up after getting their automotive stolen as they have been dropping off three younger youngsters at a daycare heart.
The carjacking occurred within the parking zone of a St. Louis daycare heart, Guardian Angel Settlement Affiliation, simply after 7 a.m. final Monday morning, KMOV stories.
Tyrone Hayes, 60, had his three grandchildren within the automotive. He set free his two older grandchildren first then went to the again seat to select up his 9-month-old granddaughter, Amanda, who was sleeping.
Hayes says that’s when the suspect hopped into the motive force’s seat and tried to take off as Hayes held onto the child and begged the person to cease.
“When he acquired within the automotive, I used to be like, ‘My man, please, I acquired a child again right here. Please cease, so I can get the child out, and you'll take the automotive,’” Hayes mentioned. “I wasn’t fascinated about a gun. I wasn’t fascinated about nothing. My factor was to avoid wasting this child.”
The suspect allowed Hayes to get Amanda safely out earlier than pulling away.
“I'm simply elated that it didn’t get as worse because it may have gotten,” Hayes mentioned.
Through the incident, the kids’s mom, Keisha Jackson-Hayes, was parked close by with a automotive stuffed with balloons and a birthday cake for her son.
“They don’t care. They'll care much less about what occurs to that baby. All they know is they're on the market for a journey,” she mentioned. “To the those that did it or individuals like that, I need them to know that there’s extra to life than simply stealing.”
The household’s Volkswagen was discovered 20 minutes away and has been impounded to a towing lot in Florissant.
Police mentioned they have been on the lookout for a white Chevy Impala they consider is related to the carjacking. The daycare has turned over surveillance video to police and is trying into getting further cameras.
“I do need individuals to know to watch out of your environment,” Jackson-Hayes mentioned. “It may very well be at your most weak time, at a daycare.”
Anybody with data is requested to name St. Louis Metropolitan Police at 314-444-0001.