PHOENIX (WSVN) — Police said a witness stepped in to stop a suspect from kidnapping an 11-year-old girl in Phoenix.
According to Fox 10, a man approached the child she while she was walking to school on April 3. He reportedly came from behind her, grabbing her arm and pulling it behind her back.
A witness approached the man, knocked him down and told him to get away from the girl.
He then pulled a gun out, pointed it towards the man and told him to leave the area.
The suspected kidnapper then fled the scene.
Police continue to search for the man and have increased patrols in the neighborhood where the victim was allegedly attacked.
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