Carjacking suspect sought after car taken from Marlborough Mall

Police are looking for a man thought to be in his 30s after a car was stolen with a woman and child inside Wednesday afternoon.

The car was left running outside a restaurant at Marlborough Mall about 4:20 p.m. Wednesday.

The woman's husband had goneinto the restaurant when suddenly another man jumped into the driver's seat and started driving away.

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The woman pleaded with him to stop and dialed 911.

The man stopped and jumped out at the nearby Walmart, getting into a Mazda 3S with another man a car thathad also been reported stolen. Police said the Mazda's ownerhadleft thekeys inside when it was parked in a nearbyMarlboroughneighbourhood.

The suspect is described as white, in his 30s, about five-feet-nine-inches tallwith a medium build and short black hair. He was wearing a grey T-shirt, black puffy jacket, grey sweat pants with a black Zoo Yorklogo on the side and black runners.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 403-266-1234 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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