UPDATE: Attempted Child Abduction Reported in Smyrna

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Smyrna police are investigating an attempted child abduction which allegedly occurred on Tuesday afternoon as a middle school student was walking home from class.

According to Chief David Lee, an 11-year-old girl from the Heritage at Vinings neighborhood was walking home from Campbell Middle School when she was approached by a white male driving a black truck. The young girl said the truck followed her for a time, then the driver said that the girl’s mother had an emergency and that the girl should get in the truck right away.

Thinking quickly, the girl asked the driver if he knew what her mother’s name was. He did not, but continued to insist the girl get in the truck. The girl picked a nearby house and walked towards it as if it was her own, she said. Once she put her books down on the front steps of the house the man drove away, according to the girl’s story.

Lee said in a statement that investigators have a ‘good lead’ in the case, and added that his department is working hand in hand with other local law enforcement agencies including the Cobb County Campus Police.

Smyrna police say the suspect is a white male in his 30s with a brown goatee who was last seen driving a black, four door truck with tinted windows.

Campbell Middle school said in a statement that additional police officers will be patrolling the Campbell area, WSB-TV reports.