Gwinnett County mother jumps out of car with baby to escape carjacking, kidnapping

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Police say a Gwinnett County mother jumped out of a moving car with her 1-year-old baby to escape a man who carjacked and kidnapped them.

Gwinnett County police released surveillance video that shows the Aug. 18 attack at the Exxon station off Boggs Road. Police believe the attack was random and the man has not been caught.

According to the police report, the mother and her 1-year-old had stopped at the gas station to buy something to eat. The woman could be seen in the parking lot eating at her car when a man walked up behind her.

The woman told police she believed the man had a gun and that he punched her in the face before yelling at her to get into the back seat.

“While the male was driving away with the victim and her baby, he demanded money from her. He also told her that he was going to choke her and kill her,” police said.

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That is when the mother grabbed her baby’s car seat and jumped from the car. Police said she had several injuries in the fall, but thankfully, the 1-year-old was not hurt.

Police later found the mother’s car in Duluth, but no arrests have been made. The man is described a 35- to 40-year-old Black man who is 6 feet tall and weighs 200 pounds.

In the video, he can be seen wearing a black shirt with blue shorts.

Anyone with information that can help solve the case is asked to call Gwinnett County police at 770-513-5300.

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