A child was found unharmed Friday night after the SUV he or she was sitting in was stolen , Atlanta police said.

The Chevrolet Suburban was left running outside a beauty salon on Metropolitan Parkway when “perps jumped in and drove off with a child in the back seat,” police said. The car was located a short distance away near Cleveland Avenue.

“When the vehicle was found,” Atlanta police spokesman Lukasz Sajdak said, “the child was sleeping unharmed.”

No arrests were made Friday night. The investigation was ongoing.

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