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Police: Men tried to lure two girls into van in Lincoln Park

(CHICAGO) Two men tried to lure two girls into a van in the Lincoln Park neighborhood Tuesday afternoon, police said.

About 4:20 p.m., two men who were in a van in the 300 block of West Webster motioned to two girls to get in their vehicle, according to an alert from Area Central detectives.

The girls ran off and then men drove away, police said.

One suspect was described as a 20-year-old white man with straight brown hair. He was also wearing “goggles,” police said. The other man, described as Hispanic, is also thought to be about 20 with brown hair.

The van the two men were in had four windows, police said.

Anyone with information on the attempted luring is asked to call Area Central detectives at (312) 747-8380.

Man may have tried to lure children in Schaumburg

(SCHAUMBURG) Police are searching for a man who may have tried to lure two children into his vehicle Tuesday afternoon in northwest suburban Schaumburg, police said.

Police released a surveillance photo of a pickup truck thought to be involved in a possible child luring in Schaumburg. | Schaumburg Police Department
Police released a surveillance photo of a pickup truck thought to be involved in a possible child luring in Schaumburg. | Schaumburg Police Department

About 5:45 p.m., a white man in his 30s was in a parked, black pickup truck near Jaycee Park, 922 Cornell Ln., when he said to a pair of school-aged children, “You want a ride?” Schaumburg police said.

The children, who had been walking in that area, ran home, and the pickup drove off, police said.

The man was wearing a bright orange cap, police said.

Any one with information is asked to contact Schaumburg police’s Investigations Division at (847) 882-3534.

3-year-old boy hit, critically injured by van on SW Side

(CHICAGO) A 3-year-old boy is in critical condition after he ran into traffic and was hit by a van Tuesday evening in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

About 7 p.m., the boy was chasing a dog when he ran from between parked cars onto Talman Avenue near 69th Street and was hit by a southbound Chevrolet van, police News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro said.

He was taken to Holy Cross Hospital and transferred to Advocate Christ Medical Center in critical condition, Alfaro said.

The 36-year-old man driving the van will not be cited for the accident, police said.

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