7-year-old Brittney Baxter is lucky to be alive after she escaped an attempted kidnapping at a Georgia Walmart.
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Kicking and screaming, Brittney thwarted an attempt by 25-year-old Thomas Woods, from Austell, Georgia, after he tried to abduct the 7-year-old in the aisle of the retail chain.
Woods put his hand over her mouth to silence her, but the brave little girl managed to kick and squirm her way free before he let go and ran off.
Woods was later arrested after officers chased the car he was seen leaving in. The entire incident was caught on the store’s surveillance footage.
According to police Chief Keith Pesnell, Woods was recently released from prison and on parole stemming from a voluntary manslaughter conviction.
Woods faces charges of attempted kidnapping. He told investigators that he was not in the store, but the video tells another story.
