Police investigating an attempted kidnapping in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood have shared surveillance footage of the suspect getting in a car.
Police say the man tried to abduct a 12-year-old girl Tuesday morning near the intersection of Blue Hill Avenue and Brookford Street.
Police said the man grabbed the girl from behind, but that she fought back and made enough noise to wake the neighbors. Her screams caught the attention of a good samaritan who rushed to help.
The suspect fled the scene after being confronted. Authorities say he got in a white Nissan Sentra with a moonroof and a spoiler.
"That's terrifying to see someone following a little girl," Racheal Ali from Hyde Park said. "I think of my child walking to get the bus. That could probably happen to my child."
"She's doing alright," said the girl's stepfather, Hector Rodriguez. "She's a little bit shaken up, nervous."
Police describe the suspect as being clean-shaven, and between six feet and 6'2. He weighs about 200 pounds and was wearing a black baseball cap, a black T-shirt and tan pants.
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