A young mother was killed in Ohio this week when she tried to stop a carjacker who stole her vehicle with her young child inside, authorities say.
The horrifying incident unfolded just after 1 a.m. on Thursday in Columbus.
Alexa Stakely, 29, was picking up her 6-year-old son from a babysitter after working late at her second job as a waitress.
She placed the sleeping boy inside her Honda SUV and started the vehicle, according to authorities.
However, Stakely realized she had forgotten something and returned to the front door of the babysitter’s residence to retrieve it.
As she walked back to her car, it began backing into the road.
The mother was seen running after the SUV and witnesses say they heard her screaming for her child, WYSX reports.
Stakely reportedly jumped on the hood of the Honda but was thrown off when the suspect began driving erratically.
Responding officers found Stakely lying in the street, suffering from a traumatic head injury.
The vehicle was abandoned a short distance away and the boy was found inside, unharmed.
Stakely was rushed to a local hospital where she succumbed to her injuries hours later.
“After the incident, two males were seen running past Stakely who was lying in the roadway. They continued running northbound, were observed jumping a fence, and disappeared into a neighboring apartment complex,” Columbus police explained in a statement.
“Earlier that morning, surveillance video caught a group of males looking into apartments in the area of Castenea Way. When confronted, the males proceeded eastbound further into the complex and out of view. Two of these males matched the description of the males seen at the incident.”
While authorities clearly have descriptions of the suspects, they have not released the information.
An investigation is ongoing.
InfoWars has been documenting the surge of crime across the United States, including carjackings, ‘street takeovers,’ smash-and-grab loot mobs, home invasions, and physical attacks on innocent victims.
