The suspect is described as white, in his 20s, standing about six feet tall.
(Calgary Police Services)
It was still
light outside, she said, and the young girls frequently play at the three parks
around their neighborhood.
Police
are searching for a man who apparently tried to abduct a young girl in Calgary
Two girls, aged
nine and 10, were walking in the 3400 block of 28th Avenue S.W. 6 p.m. when police say a man got out of his
vehicle and grabbed the nine-year-old from behind — lifting her off the ground.
The girl kicked
and screamed until the man dropped her. He fled in his vehicle, which is
described as a 1990s beige or gold four-door sedan with three lines on the side
that may have been molding.
The girls ran
to the home of one of the victims to tell her parents, who then called police.
Duty Insp.
Keith Cain said these type of daylight kidnapping attempts are rare and
alarming. “The girls did
the right thing, they reacted properly,” he said. “She fought, she screamed,
she alerted other persons to her danger, and as a result the offender was
scared off.”
He said there
are a few witnesses to the incident being interviewed.
Family
trying to move forward
The mother of
the 10-year-old girl, who did not want to be identified to protect her
daughter, said the two girls were riding their bikes.
The family says
they are trying to move forward so their daughter won’t live in fear and even
sent her to school the day after the incident.
The suspect is described as white, in his 20s, standing
about six feet tall. He has a slender build with shorter brown hair and brown
eyes.
He was wearing
a red T-Shirt with a small Calgary Flames logo on the upper chest, beige pants
and black shoes.
“I think all
citizens of Calgary
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