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Police search for man who tried to kidnap children in Bridgeport

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CHICAGO (CBS) -- Chicago Police Monday night were on the hunt to find a man behind an attempted kidnapping in Bridgeport over the weekend.

Authorities said at 8:10 a.m. Sunday, three kids were playing near the 3100 block of South Halsted Street when a man asked them if he could use their cellphone. He then tried to get the victims into his vehicle, police said.

A witness intervened, and the man left in the gray four-door sedan, police said.

The man was described as a Black-Hispanic male between the ages of 20 and 30, shirtless with multiple tattoos on both arms, a medium complexion, and a ponytail.

Police said the man was the passenger in the car, which was driven by a white woman between the ages of 40 and 50.

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