A female stranger snatched a 4-year-old boy away from his grandmother outside a Brooklyn McDonald\u2019s this week \u2013 before the kid\u2019s quick-thinking mom, an off-duty NYPD cop, managed to save him, authorities and sources said Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The creep pulled the boy away from his 66-year-old grandma around 5 p.m. Monday outside the fast food joint on Eastern Parkway near Utica Avenue in Crown Heights, according to authorities and law enforcement sources.<\/p>\n
The brazen kidnapper tried crossing the street with the boy \u2013 but was thwarted when his cop mom grabbed him back, the sources said.<\/p>\n
A complete stranger pulled a 4-year-old boy away from his grandma outside the Eastern Parkway fast food joint Monday, cops said. NYPD Crimestoppers<\/p>\n
The would-be abductor ran off when the boy\u2019s NYPD cop mom grabbed him back, sources said. NYPD Crimestoppers<\/p>\n
The would-be captor then fled without the boy, and no injuries were reported, according to police.<\/p>\n
The NYPD is looking for the public\u2019s help in tracking down the suspect, who is pictured in surveillance images wearing a white shirt, black shorts and black sandals.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call the NYPD\u2019s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).\u00a0<\/p>\n
The boy and his mother were standing outside the Crown Heights eatery around 5 p.m. when the shocking incident happened, sources said. William C Lopez\/NY Post<\/p>\n