The 13-year-old bit the attacker twice earlier than she was capable of break free and run to high school. Police have been capable of finding surveillance video of the person following her.
GALVESTON, Texas — Galveston police are working to establish a person they stated tried to abduct a young person whereas she was strolling to high school Monday morning.
It occurred close to Galveston’s East Finish simply earlier than 7 a.m.
Police stated the 13-year-old woman advised them that she left her household’s residence and was strolling alongside twenty eighth Road on her solution to Central Center Faculty when she heard footsteps approaching her from behind.
The woman advised police {that a} man got here up from behind her and grabbed her. She stated she fought with the person and bit him twice. She stated she was capable of break away and ran straight to high school, the place she advised officers what occurred. Lecturers on the faculty referred to as the police after listening to the coed’s story.
The teenager wasn’t bodily injured within the incident.
When the teenager’s dad and mom bought to the college, they introduced officers again to their residence so they might retrace the coed’s steps to seek out out the place the incident occurred. Whereas they have been doing that, they discovered surveillance video from a enterprise on twenty fourth Road that confirmed the person following the teenager. Police stated he gave the impression to be white or Hispanic and was carrying a black short-sleeved shirt, blue denims and what they thought was a ski masks.
Investigators reached out to native medical amenities to see if that they had any sufferers with bite-related accidents and are hoping the general public might help them establish the suspect.
Anybody with data is requested to name the Galveston Police Division at 409-765-3777 or Galveston County Crime Stoppers at 409-763-8477.
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