NORFOLK, Va. – A Virginia elementary student had an interesting ride to school this week – from thieves who stole his mother’s car while he was sitting inside listening to music.

Police told ABC 13 the 8-year-old boy was sitting in his mother’s car with the vehicle running outside of a Norfolk post office where she works while he waited for her to take him to school. The vehicle was left running so he could listen to music while he waited, because his mother’s shift started before his school day.

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When the mother returned to the parking lot, the car and her son was gone.

“According to police, the thieves noticed there was a child in the car, so they asked where he went to school,” WAVY reports. “Then men then dropped the child off at his school, Ghent Elementary School, then took off.”

The frantic mother contacted police when she realized her son was missing, and officers located the boy about 15 minutes later, sitting in class as if nothing happened, police spokesman Daniel Hudson told the news site.

The boy told police he didn’t get a good look at the men, but they didn’t threaten him in any way. Police are now reviewing surveillance video from the post office in an attempt to identify the suspects, which are described as two skinny black men in their teens or twenties, ABC 13 reports.

Police eventually located the blue Chevy Impala abandoned about three miles from the elementary school. The victim’s co-worker used a phone tracking app to track the women’s iPhone, which she left in the car.

Police are also combing through the car for evidence.

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The incident, of course, generated a lot of comments online – and more than 1,200 “shares” on the WAVY Facebook page alone.

“At least he dropped the child off safe,” Dana Busby posted, earning her 250 “Likes.”

“Good guy car thieves drop kid off at school,” Leanna Grevillius wrote. “What a true hero.”

“What about the mother who left her child in the car while she worked?” Betty Jo Bateman questioned. “Any charges on her? I call that CHILD NEGLECT!”

“Maybe they can arrest the guy when he picks the kid up later,” Jack McFadden wrote.

“You can replace a car, not a child,” Lana Lerche posted. “Glad the boy is ok.”