The incident was reported just after 4:30 p.m. in the 100 block of 16th Avenue.
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The running vehicle was stolen with the 6-month-old child inside.
Five minutes later, the child was dropped off on the curb on the side of a Home Depot store on Springfield Avenue.
The infant was not harmed.
Police are now searching for the car and the carjacker.
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The incident remains under investigation and few other details were released.
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