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A trio of 18-year-olds are said to have wrecked a BMW in San Francisco on Wednesday after stealing the vehicle from an Alameda woman who had a two-year-old and a four-year-old child in the car.

The incident occurred around 2 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, Alameda police said in a press release. The victim and her children were reportedly approached by two people in the 2800 block of Central Avenue in Alameda and ordered to get out of the car at gunpoint.

A third suspect was in a waiting vehicle.

Alameda police began searching the area and were apparently able to locate the vehicle using GPS technology. They notified Oakland police, who were able to send a helicopter into the air to track the stolen BMW.

“The air support team continued to pursue the vehicle as it headed toward San Francisco,” the agency wrote. “San Francisco Police were notified and provided assistance while a team from Alameda traveled to the area. Once in San Francisco, the suspects lost control of the vehicle and attempted to flee on foot. A perimeter was established, which resulted in the successful arrest of three individuals and the recovery of a firearm.”

The suspects appear to have crashed the car near the Bay Bridge, near the intersection of Bryant Street and Beale Street.

A video taken by a passerby shows SFPD officers pursuing the suspects on foot.

The suspects, all 18 years old, were identified as Marionna Mkia Haley, Isaiah Howard and Sariyah Barker, and both Howard and Barker are charged with armed carjacking with the use of a firearm.

As KTVU reports, if convicted on all counts, Haley faces up to 20 years and three months in prison. Howard and Barker each face up to 11 years and three months in prison.

Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price issued a statement on the car theft: “Children are particularly vulnerable to gun violence. The fact that children were allegedly in the car at the time of the car theft was dangerous and absolutely unacceptable in Alameda County. I applaud the quick action of law enforcement in making arrests in this case.”