Police are looking for a man who attacked a woman from behind and stole her purse in the parking lot of the Vancouver Mall on Wednesday morning.

The attack happened at about 10:50 a.m., and surveillance video captured it.

Police said the woman was on her way to work when it happened.

A man jumped out of a maroon-colored car, resembling a Kia Optima, ran up from behind the woman and grabbed her purse.

The woman struggled with the man, but the man ripped the purse from her and jumped back into the car and drove off.

The man was wearing a black hoodie pulled tight around his face.

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Witnesses told police there were three people inside the car.

Anyone with information about this case is asked to call Vancouver police at (360) 487-7440.