Man allegedly tries to take boy on his way home from school
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Channel: KRIS 6 News · 2017 · News & Politics
CORPUS CHRISTI - A young boy’s walk home from school took a frightening turn Tuesday. Police were called to Triple Crown Drive Tuesday afternoon, after an 11-year-old boy said he was approached by a man in a pickup truck, doors away from his home. The boy ran home, and relatives called police. Family member say the boy was on his way home from nearby Los Encinos Elementary School. According to the Corpus Christi Police Department, the boy described the man as thin, possibly in his 50’s, with dark skin, and short dark hair. Based on the boy’s description, the man may be Middle Eastern. He was driving an older model, two-door white pickup, make and model aren’t known, but the boy told police and relatives the truck did not have license plates. The boy’s aunt, Sarah Ruiz, told KRIS 6 News the boy was shaken up after the experience, and couldn’t understand why someone would try to take him.
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