MALIBU, Calif. (KABC) -- The suspect at the center of a police chase that ended in a crash involving three children stole the vehicle at a 7-Eleven convenience store before the pursuit, new details reveal.

According to the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, officers were called to a 7-Eleven in the 5100 block of East Olympic Boulevard in East Los Angeles around 6:40 p.m. Friday after a man reportedly stole a Chrysler sedan with three children inside.

The children's mother told deputies she had parked her vehicle outside the store and left the engine running with her three children inside. According to the family, the children are 9, 7 and 2 years old.

The children's father was parked next to them and was in his vehicle as the mother entered the store.

That's when police said the susp

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