Update: Officers arrested the suspect just after 4:15 PM inside a White Center restaurant.
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Seattle police are searching for a car thief who sped away from a West Seattle convenience store Wednesday after stealing an SUV with a 10-month-old child inside.
The suspect fled the store—located in the 1600 block of SW Holden Street—in the black Ford Edge SUV just after 3:15 pm and headed south toward White Center.
Nineteen minutes after police began searching for the suspect, King County Sheriff’s Deputies and Seattle police found SUV and the child—who was OK—parked near 8th Avenue SW and SW 99th Street.
As of 3:50 PM, Police and King County Sheriff’s deputies were searching for the suspect in the area.
Witnesses have described the suspect as a hispanic male, 19-21 years old, 120 pounds, 5’6 to 5’7, with very short hair and a mustache, wearing tan khaki pants, a black sweatshirt, black tank top, and black shoes.
Please call 911 if you have any information that could help police find the suspect.