Would-be carjackers rob single mom in SF, yank baby from vehicle

Police asked the public on Wednesday to help identify two men who tried to carjack a single mother at gunpoint in a San Francisco parking garage and forcibly yanked her baby girl out of the vehicle.

The robbery occurred about 10:30 p.m. Saturday at the parking garage of an apartment complex on Florida Street in the Mission District, police said.

The victim, whose name was not released, was parking her car when two men, both 20 to 30 years old, approached her. One of the suspects pointed a gun at her as he attempted to carjack her while his accomplice opened the back door and snatched the 1-year-old baby out of her car seat, police said.

The suspects then caught a glimpse of the mother’s backpack on the passenger seat, police said. They stole the backpack and fled the area on foot after returning the baby to her mother.

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Surveillance footage released by police shows the men walking through the parking garage and looking in windows of parked cars, and at one point running with a backpack. One of the men was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and the other dressed in a white or gray sweatshirt.

The victim is a single mother and a U.S. Army veteran. She had just taken money out of the bank to buy a birthday cake and decorations for her daughter’s upcoming birthday, police said.

Her wallet was found, but the cash was missing, police added.

Less than 30 minutes after the incident, there was a carjacking about three blocks away on Hampshire Street. Police are investigating whether the two incidents are related.

Anyone with information can contact the San Francisco police anonymously at (415) 575-4444 or text-a-tip to TIP411 and begin the text message with SFPD.