Calgary police investigating carjacking near Marlborough Mall

Police are looking for a suspect who attempted to steal a car from the parking lot of Marlborough Mall while a woman and her kids were inside.

Police are investigating a strange incident at northeast Calgary’s Marlborough Mall where a man reportedly tried to steal a vehicle while some passengers were still inside.

At about 4:30 p.m., a woman was waiting with her children in her car outside the shopping centre, while her husband was inside, when a male suspect jumped into the driver’s seat.

Much to the woman’s surprise, he began to drive away without noticing that she was there.

The victim began to shout at him, forcing him to stop the vehicle a short distance away.

He got out of the vehicle and jumped into a cab, fleeing the scene.

The woman and her children were unharmed in the incident.