(CNN) The kidnapping of a 16-year-old girl in The Bronx on Monday night was staged, a law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation told CNN.
The teenager, Karol Sanchez, knew at least one of the people involved in the kidnapping, the source added, but the source could not provide further details or a motive.
The car stopped, two men got out and they grabbed the teenager, police said.
They dragged her inside the car and pushed her mother to the ground, the NYPD said.
The mother, 36, was left at the scene and was not injured.
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