Children safe after car they were in was stolen in Roseville

A car was stolen Saturday morning with two children inside at a Roseville gas station and one of the children called 9-1-1 about 23 minutes later to say they were safe and the suspect had fled the car on foot. That's according to a Roseville Police Department Facebook post Saturday. "At 7:21 a.m. on Saturday, we received a call with the victim reporting her vehicle had just been stolen with her two children, 6 and 11 years old, inside the car," the Roseville Police Department post stated. The vehicle was stolen from a gas station on the corner of Washington Boulevard and Pleasant Grove Boulevard. The mother went inside the business while the children remained in the car, according to the post. "We immediately broadcasted the incident to our surrounding agencies and used all available resources to determine the path of travel and location of the vehicle," the Facebook post stated.. The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department received a 9-1-1 call from one of the children reporting they were safe and the suspect had left the car on foot at 7:44 a.m. Saturday. Roseville Police describe the suspect as a white male adult with reddish hair. He was last seen walking in the 4000 block of Watt Avenue in Sacramento, according to the Roseville Police Department Facebook post. "Working in coordination with our surrounding law enforcement agencies, we're continuing to follow-up on leads in search of the suspect," Roseville Police posted. Roseville Police ask anyone with information about this incident to call the Roseville Police non-emergency line at 916-774-5000.