India, Aug. 16 -- Authorities are searching for a 7-month-old boy who was kidnapped Thursday night, August 14, after his mother was assaulted outside a retail store in Yucaipa.

The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said deputies were called just before 8 pm to the 34000 block of Yucaipa Boulevard, where the child, identified as Emmanuel Haro, was reported missing.

"Investigators from our Specialized Investigations Division are continuing to investigate the reported kidnapping of a seven-month-old, after the child's mother reported being attacked outside a retail store on Yucaipa Boulevard last night," the agency said in a statement Friday.

Emmanuel's mother, Rebecca Haro, told reporters she was preparing to change her son's di...