Investigators hope a surveillance video image circulated Friday will help them find a man who may be a witness to the attempted kidnapping of two young girls from a home near Gardena.
About 7 p.m. Nov. 24, the suspect entered a home in the 15100 block of Cranbrook Avenue in the El Camino Village neighborhood and carried off the two girls, ages 3 and 7, said Lt. John Hocking of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s South Los Angeles Station.
He tried to put the girls into a dark SUV, but the 7-year-old got away and the suspect set the younger child on the ground. Both girls ran screaming back into the home, Hocking said.
The suspect is described as black, about 30 years old, 6 feet tall with a medium build.
Surveillance video obtained by detectives show someone near the residence prior to the attempted kidnappings and detectives are trying to determine if he witnessed the crime.
Anyone with information about the suspect or the potential witness was urged to call sheriff’s Detective Mark Yzabal at (323) 820-6700 or Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS. All tips may be provided anonymously.
— City News Service