Terrifying moment a stranger attempts to kidnap a baby from his stroller in Dunkin' Donuts before his father leaps to the rescue
- Disturbing incident took place on Sunday morning in downtown Philadelphia
- Police released surveillance footage of the alleged abduction attempt Tuesday
- The short clip started by showing the man stand up and walk towards the child
- After he reached down towards the baby, a man and woman shoved him away
The disturbing moment a man appeared to try to abduct a baby from a stroller has been captured on camera.
Surveillance footage recorded on Sunday at a Dunkin' Donuts in downtown Philadelphia shows an unidentified man reaching into a stroller inside the store.
The short clip starts by showing the man stand up from a chair near a window of the store, before he takes a few steps towards the stroller - which was behind a woman waiting in line.
The man then reached down into the stroller and appeared to grab the baby, and looked like he was about to lift the child out of the pram.
A man has been caught on camera appearing to attempt to abduct a child from a Dunkin' Donuts store in Philadelphia
However, the woman quickly spun around and shielded the baby from the man, before another male customer stepped in and heavily shoved him towards the wall of the store.
A few seconds later, the woman was seen leaving the store with her stroller. The would-be abductor was then also filmed walking out into the street.
The woman and the second man - thought to be the baby's parents - had their faces blurred in the clip.
Philadelphia Police released a statement when it published the video, calling on anyone who knows the man to come forward - as well as the people who had their faces blurred.
The video started by showing the man stand up from a chair at the side of the store and walk towards the stroller (left), before he was confronted after reaching down to the child (right)
'Even without the parents' cooperation, we would verbally review this with the district attorney's office,' Captain Sekou Kinebrew said.
'But I tell you, it would be very difficult because it's not uncommon that people approach people with children and say, "oh, what a cute kid".
'We don't believe at all this is what happened here. The video certainly supports something completely different.'
A second man was quick to set in and shoved the first man (left), before the would-be alleged abductor was spotted leaving the store (right)
The incident took place at a Dunkin' Donuts store in downtown Philadelphia on Sunday morning
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