Police: Man Tried to Abduct Child at Smithsonian National Air And Space Museum

U.S. Park Police are seeking help in finding a man who tried to snatch a child at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum earlier this month.

A group was leaving the north entrance of the museum on March 3 when a white man came up and grabbed the hand of one of the children, according to a Park Police statement. He got a few steps before a chaperone noticed it happening and yelled at the man, who then jumped onto a white shuttle bus in the 600 block of Jefferson Drive SW and fled the area.

Now, the Park Police want the public's help in finding the man, and have released two videos that show two persons of interest -- the first a white man with brown hair who speaks with an accent, and the second a heavyset white man with gray hair. In addition, the Park Police are asking bus companies that picked up passengers between 10 and 11 a.m. on that date to reach out to them.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Park Police tip line at 202-610-8737 and reference case number 16-19402, or you can submit an anonymous tip on the website.

The surveillance footage of the persons of interest can be seen below via NBC 4: