Cobb County

Grandfather, grandson follow alleged carjacker, lead police right to him

By Matt Johnson, WSB-TV
By Matt Johnson, WSB-TV

MABLETON, Ga. — A Cobb County grandfather and grandson jumped into action when someone carjacked a woman right next to them at a gas station.

They followed the thief out of a RaceTrac gas station in Mableton and led police to the car after the suspect abandoned it.

"I was like, 'Hopefully we can catch this guy, so this lady can be lucky and we can make her day,'" the grandson, Noah Livingston, 12, told Channel 2's Matt Johnson. "I don't like disrespectful people."

Livingston hopes to be a police officer when he grows up. A trip for ice cream at the gas station turned into a somewhat early work experience.

"It was pretty high training for my age," he said.

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It was around 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 3 when the incident happened.

"All of a sudden, this lady runs in there screaming, and she says, 'I've been carjacked! I've been carjacked!'" Livingston's grandfather, Brian Anthony, said.

Livingston and Anthony saw an opportunity to help.

"I'm not going to get myself shot, but I want to help somebody if I can. I spotted a skid mark so I was like, 'Follow that because that looks fresh,'" Anthony said.

They say they kept their distance but followed the car for about a half a mile until the thief abandoned it and they returned the keys.

"She was in tears of joy and she was thankful and she hugged me and him," Anthony said.

Last week, we told you about a man shot by armed carjackers near his mobile home in Austell.

Police say the same 16-year-old who carjacked the woman in Mableton is part of the group who shot and beat Jesus Sosa and another man hours later.

A fingerprint inside of the car Livingston and Anthony found was part of the case that ended with the arrest of one teen with another on the run.

"I hope they go to jail and stay out of the street," Anthony said.

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