SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A mother has been arrested after police say she left her two-year-old alone in a hot car.

August is typically the hottest month of the year, and even a short time inside a hot car can turn deadly.

Around 10:30 a.m., officers were called by a concerned citizen who claimed to have seen a child unattended in the back seat of a parked vehicle.

Officers arrived and located the child, who they say was found left alone and strapped to a car seat in a hot, turned-off vehicle outside the Walmart on Westport Drive.

The window had been rolled down, however, due to high temperatures, the interior of the car was reported to be dangerously hot.

Officers were able to safely remove the child from the vehicle before tragedy could occur.

Shortly after, the child’s mother, identified as LaCrystol Johnson, exited the store and was taken into custody for one count of Child Desertion.

Johnson reportedly told officers she believed the child would be safe because the window was rolled down.

However, at the time, the outside temperature was approximately 93 degrees.

The department sends a reminder to all parents and guardians to never leave a child alone in a vehicle, especially during the summer months.

They also state that, on an asphalt lot, the temperature inside a parked, turned-off vehicle can climb to well over 100 degrees within minutes, posing an extreme risk to any child left inside.