NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Authorities in Tennessee are searching for a woman who stole a vehicle with a 1-year-old baby in the back seat from the parking lot of a Nashville supermarket.
The car theft took place Wednesday at a Kroger store, WZTV reported. The vehicle was identified as a blue 2013 Ford Focus, the television station reported. The vehicle has a Tennessee license plate, 8R66F2. The woman was carrying a small dog, witnesses said.
Update 1:05 a.m. EDT Oct. 8: The parents of 1-year-old Nolan Ishimwe face charges for leaving their son alone in a running, unlocked vehicle, according to Nashville police.
Ruhumuriza Mukunzi, 29, and Nyirankumi Nyirankumi, 26, were cited by citation with child endangerment, a misdemeanor, WZTV reported.
On Thursday, Nashville police released surveillance video from the Kroger parking lot showing a woman, later identified as Brandi Rhodes, 33, walking up to the Ford Focus at 6:19 p.m. CDT, WSMV reported. The video then showed the Focus pulling out of a parking space and driving away, the television station reported.
The parents of a 1 yr old boy are charged with child endangerment for leaving their son alone in an unlocked, running car in the parking lot of the Inglewood Kroger while they shopped. A woman walked up & stole the car (video below). It was later found; the child was unharmed. pic.twitter.com/OzxiNR3g5L
— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) October 7, 2021
Update 8:15 a.m. EDT Oct. 7: Police said they found 1-year-old Nolan Ishimwe early Thursday after a citizen spotted the stolen Ford Focus in East Nashville.
The car was abandoned a short distance from where Nolan was taken, authorities said.
“Nolan was found safe, asleep in the car,” police said in a statement posted on Twitter.
Authorities continue to search for Brandi Rhodes, 33, the woman suspected of stealing the car with Nolan inside.
BREAKING: 1-yr-old Nolan Ishimwe just found on Home Road in East Nashville, a short distance from the Kroger where he was taken. Officers throughout the city had been searching for him. An alert citizen called in the abandoned Ford Focus. Nolan was found safe, asleep in the car. https://t.co/7dxapyEkVA
— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) October 7, 2021
Original report: The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued an Amber Alert for the child, identified as Nolan Ishimwe, WZTV reported.
“His parents were inside shopping and reported their car and son missing at 7 p.m.,” Nashville police tweeted.
BREAKING:A woman drove off from the Inglewood Kroger in a 2013 Ford Focus TN plate 8R66F2 with a 1-yr-old boy in the back seat. His parents were inside shopping and reported their car and son missing at 7 pm. Suspect is a white woman with a small dog. See her or the car? Call 911 pic.twitter.com/BTLy0Ivg8m
— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) October 7, 2021
The theft occurred at about 7 p.m. CDT, WKRN reported. The boy’s parents were inside the store shopping when the car was stolen, the television station reported.
It is unclear whether the boy’s parents will face charges for leaving him unattended in the vehicle, according to WSMV.
Police are asking residents to call 911 if they see the vehicle.
🚨AMBER Alert: Please keep an eye out for one-year old Nolan Ishimwe, who was last seen in Nashville in a blue Ford Focus, with TN tag 8R6 6F2. It was last seen in the Gallatin Pike area.
— Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (@TBInvestigation) October 7, 2021
There is no known clothing description, or direction of travel.
1-800-TBI-FIND. pic.twitter.com/JT2CDC8lSh
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