A 55-year-old woman and 45-year-old man were arrested Saturday evening in Los Angeles after they reportedly tried to kidnap a baby from two women as they walked in Long Beach, according to police.

Stacie Earnestine Wilson and Walter Keshone Sullivan, both residents of Los Angeles, were each booked on one count of felony kidnapping and one count of felony assault with a deadly weapon after police say they attempted to take the baby at gunpoint, according to the LBPD.

The incident happened around 12:04 p.m. Saturday near Pine Avenue and 10th Street, according to police, who said two women there explained that they were walking their baby in a stroller when Wilson allegedly approached them, pointed a firearm at them and demanded the baby. The women struggled with Wilson for the stroller, which ended when Sullivan allegedly pulled up near the scene and discharged what appeared to be a firearm in the women’s direction, according to police.

At that point, Wilson released the stroller and ran to the vehicle driven by Sullivan, which fled westbound on 10th Street before officers arrived, according to the LBPD.

None of the adults or the baby were injured in the struggle, according to police.

Wilson and Sullivan were subsequently arrested by the LBPD around 8:45 p.m. after detectives located a vehicle matching the suspect’s vehicle in the 400 block of South Occidental Avenue in Los Angeles, according to the LBPD.

Both suspects were arrested without incident and transported to Long Beach city jail for booking, police said. Detectives also recovered two airsoft replica firearms inside the vehicle, according to the LBPD.

Bail was set at $100,000 each for Wilson and Sullivan. At this time, the motive for the incident remains under investigation, according to police.

Editor’s note: This story was corrected to show bail was set at $100,000, not $10,000.

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Anthony Pignataro is an investigative reporter and editor for the Long Beach Post. He has close to three decades of experience in journalism leading numerous investigations and long-form journalism projects for the OC Weekly and other publications. He joined the Post in May 2021.