A quick-thinking 10-year-old girl fended off a possible kidnapper on Wednesday by biting him, screaming and running for help, police said.
The incident happened about 5:30 p.m. at Coldwater Canyon Elementary School near Coldwater Canyon Avenue and Vanowen Street, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. A man may have been trying to kidnap the girl, officials said.
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The girl was walking near some bathrooms when the man put his hand around her mouth, police said.
The girl, who was at the campus for an after-school program, was not harmed.
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Police described the man as having curly gray hair, wearing brown shoes with no laces.
Further details were not immediately available.
