Police in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, say a 10-year-old boy “stole” the family car and drove himself home from elementary school after an argument with his mom.

According to Mt. Juliet Police, as reported by WSMV4, the adorable car theft kicked off when the boy’s mother ran inside W.A. Wright Elementary to drop off some paperwork. When she came back out, her car and her kid in it were both gone. Naturally, she called the police, who treated the situation as a possible stolen vehicle with a child inside.

Surveillance footage made sense of the whole situation: no one slipped into the car when she walked out of it. A witness reported seeing the vehicle back out, nearly clipping another car in the process, hopping a curb, and then taking off.

Police traced the car to the family’s house about a m

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