No Abduction In Lakewood, Police Say

LAKEWOOD, WA — What was thought to be an abduction of a 10-year-old boy in Lakewood turned out to be a false alarm, according to Lakewood police.

At around 8 p.m. Monday, police put out an alert after a 13-year-old girl waiting for a ride near Oakbrook Elementary School said she witnessed someone in a motorhome grab a boy off the street. The vehicle left the area headed southbound on Hipkins Road Southwest.

A surveillance camera at a business near the scene caught the motorhome leaving the scene. The vehicle was found on Joint Base Lewis-McChord property, police said.

"It now appears there was no abduction and there is no missing child," Lakewood police wrote on Facebook just after midnight.

The department, however, thanked locals for helping track down the motorhome.