There was a happy ending to a scary situation Wednesday afternoon.
A one year old boy and two year girl were found safe after the car they were riding in was carjacked.
It happened in Tillman's Corner.
Kimber Jackson, the children's aunt, said, "Katie did all the crying, which is probably why we got the car back."
Jackson came to the corner of Hermitage Avenue and Andrew Road where the car was found abandoned under the carport of a home.
Katie and her brother Elijah were safe.
Jackson said, "The mother called me and told me the babies had been taken."
When asked what went through her mind, Jackson said, "Getting there: just had to get there. But, they (police) found them pretty quick."
The car was stolen a few blocks away when the children's mother went inside Discount Cell Phone and Accessories store on Highway 90.
The store's owner, Tyler Morgan, said, "She just came in and bought a couple of things. She was in here about a minute or two and, then, when she walked out, her car was gone, and so we just called the cops."
The suspect escaped, but the kids were safe in the car.
Jackson said, "The one year old was asleep."
The carjacking was the talk of the neighborhood, even for people who didn't see the commotion.
Don Madden, who lives a couple of houses away, said, "They just told me they had driven the car down there with the two kids in it, run off and left it."
When asked what he thought about something like this happening in his neighborhood, Madden said, "Its terrible, terrible."
Molice Police are still looking for any suspects.
If you have information, call Crimestoppers at 208-7000.
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