Crime & Safety

Brookline Police Looking For Person Who Reportedly Threatened Child

The person is believed to have verbally threatened an elementary school student.

The man was captured on camera recently.
The man was captured on camera recently. (Brookline Police Department)

BROOKLINE, MA — The police department's Community Service Division is looking to identify a person it believes threatened an elementary school student in an incident that took place last month.

According to police, the person of interest is a man. He was captured on surveillance footage on school grounds wearing a baseball cap, a light-blue jacket, gray pants, and dark shoes. He is believed to be the guardian of another student. The school that the student attends and where the incident took place has not been disclosed.

Community members with relevant information are being asked to contact Officer Donal Kerrigan at 617-730-2787. Police emphasized that the man is not considered "wanted" at this time.

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