Brazen San Francisco robbery leaves 2-year-old girl injured

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A 2-year-old girl suffered minor injuries after an armed robber knocked over her stroller, snatched a tablet computer from her tiny hands and stole a purse from a woman pushing her in San Francisco’s Bernal Heights neighborhood, police said Monday.

A 37-year-old woman was pushing the toddler’s stroller along Cortland Avenue near Prospect Avenue around 3:15 p.m. Friday when a man suddenly jumped out of a car and knocked the stroller over, causing the child to hit her head on the pavement, said Officer Grace Gatpandan, a police spokeswoman.

Meanwhile, the man forced the woman who was caring for the child to hand over her purse and demanded money, Gatpandan said. The bandit hit the woman on the arm with his handgun, then snatched a tablet computer from the toddler, she said.

The child was taken to the hospital with minor injuries, Gatpandan said.

Police said the robber, described as about 30 years old, was last seen fleeing east on Cortland in either a two- or four-door sedan.

Jenna Lyons is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: jlyons@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @JennaJourno