FORT WORTH, Texas — A loss prevention officer is being credited with stopping an apparent attempted kidnapping Monday at a Fort Worth Walmart store, according to multiple reports.
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The incident was reported around 6 p.m. Monday at the Walmart in the 2900 block of Renaissance Square in southeast Fort Worth, The Dallas Morning News reported.
The pair has not been identified.
Police Officer Tracy Carter told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that the Walmart loss prevention officer confronted a man and a woman after they were seen trying to take a child out of a cart at the store. The child was reported to be a 4-year-old girl, according to the newspaper.
Police told the Morning News that the pair fled in a red SUV without the child after they were confronted. No injuries were reported.