CORONA — A man tried abducting a young girl on Labor Day as she was playing outside, police said.
The suspect was driving near Corona Avenue and National Street around 4:30 p.m. Monday when he motioned for a 7-year-old girl to get into his car, according to the NYPD.
The girl was outside playing, police said, and didn't get in. The suspect then fled southbound on National Street when the victim wouldn't get into the car, police said.
He was driving a black Toyota Camry with tinted windows and white New York plates, and police said the car is from 2012 through 2014.
Anyone with information about the suspect or the incident should call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.