SUV with child inside stolen in Minneapolis; child safe

Authorities say a child is safe after the vehicle she was in was stolen in Minneapolis.

Minneapolis Police said officers responded to the 2800 block of Colfax Avenue South shortly before 11 a.m. Friday on a report of a vehicle taken with a 4-year-old inside.

According to police, a delivery driver left her SUV running with her child inside while she made a delivery. During that time, someone got in the vehicle and drove away with the child still inside.

As officers gathered information, another 911 caller said the 4-year-old was left on a sidewalk a short distance away, in the 800 block of 27th Street West.

The child was unharmed and reunited with her mother.

Police say the vehicle, a 2009 Toyota Highlander, is still missing.

An investigation is underway.