A person filming a TikTok video in a La Mesa parking lot confronted a woman they said left two young children alone in a vehicle on a hot day. The confrontation, captured on video, shows the person filming questioning the woman and informing her that the police had been called. The woman is heard responding that the children were not hers before driving away from the scene.
The video, posted by the user @extraurhjpv, begins with on-screen text stating, “Woman left kids possibly under 6 in the car on a hot day” and identifies the location as La Mesa, California. The footage shows a black SUV parked in a sunny lot. A woman dressed in pink pants and a gray tank top is seen walking from a building towards the driver’s side of the vehicle, carrying a blue bottle.
The person filming approaches and asks, “Did you— you left your kids in the car?” The woman responds, “They’re not my kids.” The person filming counters, “Well, if they’re not your kids, but they’re still kids, you know.” The woman begins to explain, “They are. I was running in just to get—” before being interrupted.
The person filming tells her, “I don’t care what you’re running in for. That’s so irresponsible. Don’t ever leave kids in the car like that.” The person then adds, “Oh yeah, and the cops are on their way. It’s already been reported.” The woman acknowledges this by saying, “Okay, all right.”
As the woman enters the driver’s seat, the person filming states, “You too. And I recorded this too.” A young boy appears to be visible in the passenger seat of the SUV. The person filming then repeats the woman’s earlier claim, saying, “How about— that’s not my kids. Well, whose kids are they then?” The woman begins to reply, “But like this, look how f–king,” before the audio cuts off and the video ends with the vehicle driving away.
Video caption provides additional details about the alleged incident
The video’s caption, posted by the creator, elaborates on the situation. It states the woman left “two kids aprox under the age of 6” in the vehicle while she went shopping. The caption says she returned with a drink in her hand but “nothing for the kids” and repeated the claim, “they aren’t my kids.” It describes the weather as “extremely hot.”
According to the caption, police were called but the woman “left before they could arrive.” It further claims that because the vehicle’s license plates were out of state, officers “did not go looking for the kids to check their well being or care to contact their parents in any way.” The caption notes the police “did say it’s okay to post online.”
The caption describes the children as a little boy and a little girl of fair skin. It says the girl had curly blonde hair and was wearing a pink or red shirt, while the boy had short blonde hair. The creator wrote, “We did not want to frighten them so we tried our best to make good judgment.” The post includes hashtags like #sandiegositter and #lamesa and ends with a warning: “Please be careful who you have watch your kids!”
Online comments react to the confrontation
The video sparked a range of reactions in its comment section. One commenter expressed disbelief at the woman’s response, writing, “Not my kids??!!!!! Girl whut?”
Another user focused on the potential dangers, commenting, “Even if the car was running, ya’ll realize having the ac on with the windows up can cause carbon monoxide to still be in the air??????”
A different commenter praised the person who intervened, saying, “Thank you for speaking up!”
The topic of vehicle security was also raised. One comment read, “the ac was on okay and what if someone saw all those kids alone and decided to snatch em up?? then what?”
One comment offered a potential explanation for the woman’s behavior, stating, “she’s got post partum depression. yall seem ok with that.”
Another commenter advocated for severe consequences, writing, “Put her in jail‼️😡😡😡😡😡”
