Kent Police want the public’s help to identify and find a suspect involved in an attempted child luring incident.

The incident involved a 10-year-old girl who was walking on the East Hill of Kent at about 2 p.m. on Wednesday, May 13, in the area of the 27900 block of 126th Avenue Southeast, according to a police media release.

The girl got off of her school bus and was walking south along 126th Avenue Southeast, just southeast of Southeast 278th Place. She was said to be a short distance behind other children. It was reported that a late 1980s or early 90s red vehicle pulled up and parked nearby and a man got out of the vehilce.

The man approached the girl and attempted to grab her. The alert victim screamed, at which time other nearby children saw the incident and ran back toward her. Once the man saw the other kids trying to intervene, he went back to his vehicle and fled from the area.

The subject appeared to be a Hispanic or black man with a light complexion. He was described as being short and heavy, in his mid to late 20s, wearing a white baseball cap with a black bill, dark gray sweatpants, and a red zip-up sweatshirt.

The vehicle has flip up headlights and tinted windows. It was noted as being in poor condition with scratches and dents on the exterior.

“Luckily this young lady reacted quickly and appropriately which alerted the other nearby children,” said detective Melanie Robinson. “Parents should take some time to talk to their children about appropriate precautions and reactions should they ever be faced with a similar frightening occurrence.”

Anyone with information about the case is asked to call 911 or the Kent Police tip line at 253-856-5808.