Chicago police are searching for a man who tried to lure a 12-year-old girl in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side a week ago.
The girl was walking north in the 500 block of North Monticello Avenue around 8:55 a.m. July 11 when she noticed a silver minivan following her, according to a news release from the Chicago Police Department.
The van driver, a white man between 25 and 35 years old, called out to her, “Come here little girl,” the release said. The girl ignored him.
The man then turned, driving east on Garfield Square Drive, and blocked the girl’s path. The man told her, “Get in the car.” The girl was able to run away to a friend’s house and notify the police, according to the release.
The suspect is a bald white man wearing a dark blue suit and driving a newer silver minivan of an unknown make or model, the release said.
Anyone with information about the suspect should call Area North detectives at 312-744-8200.
