Baby girl found abandoned in shopping cart at California CVS store

A pregnant woman left a seven-to-nine-month-old baby girl in a shopping cart at a CVS store in Lomita on Tuesday, then walked out and took a cab, leaving the baby behind, authorities said.

Around 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 14, deputies responded to a CVS on Pacific Coast Highway and Eshelman Avenue after several employees reported an abandoned baby left behind in a shopping cart, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Peter Velasco said.

The baby girl was carried into the store by a pregnant woman, who asked a store employee to arrange for a taxi while she went to use the restroom. The woman returned from the restroom and left the store when the taxi arrived, leaving the child behind, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.