The Portland Police Bureau is alerting the community of an attempted abduction of a 6-year-old boy in the Pearl District Neighborhood this afternoon and requesting help from the public identifying the suspect.
On Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at 3:18p.m., Central Precinct officers responded to a report of a kidnapping call in the area of The Fields Park, 1099 NW Overton Street. Officers learned that a suspect tried to grab a 6-year-old who was walking with his father. The father fought off the suspect and the suspect ran away. Officers searched the neighborhood for the suspect but was unable to locate him. The boy and his father were unhurt.
The suspect is described as a Hispanic male, 20-30 years old, 5’1″ to 5’3″ in height, heavyset, dark hair, wearing a black hoodie and white wash jeans, a grey beanie hat with a ball on top, and black and white shoes.
Officers located surveillance video of the incident.
