NYPD: Man tries to abduct 11-year-old boy at Brooklyn subway station
BUSHWICK, Brooklyn (WABC) -- The NYPD is searching for a suspect who tried to kidnap an 11-year-old boy at a Brooklyn subway station Tuesday morning.
The victim managed to escape the stranger who grabbed his arm as he attempted to board the M train at the Myrtle/Wykoff Avenue station in Bushwick around 8:30 a.m.
Police say the suspect ambushed the boy, grabbing the child and preventing him from boarding the Queens-bound train.
Authorities say the boy struggled to get free and ran to another platform, with the suspect close behind yelling he was going to get him. Along the L line platform, the boy managed to get help from a good Samaritan who offered her phone so he could call police. With the boy out of reach, the suspect reportedly fled back to the M train platform and disappeared on a Queens-bound train.
The suspect is described as a Hispanic male in his 30s, about 5-foot-10, last seen wearing a black shirt, blue jeans and white sneakers.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is being asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
