CHICAGO - Chicago police are speaking with a person of interest in connection with an attempted child abduction and vehicle theft that happened Thursday in the city's Bucktown neighborhood.
Area Five detectives are speaking with a person of interest, according to an update from the Chicago Police Department on Friday.
Police did not provide additional information about the individual or announce any arrests.
Attempted abduction, SUV theft
The backstory:
The investigation began Thursday when a man allegedly attempted to abduct a child near the 2400 block of North Damen Avenue.
Police said the attempted abduction was unsuccessful.
Minutes later, the man allegedly drove to the $5 Fullerton Express Car Wash along Fullerton Avenue, where surveillance video captured him abandoning a white box van and stealing another vehicle.
Video obtained by FOX Chicago shows a woman vacuuming her white SUV when the man gets into the driver's seat and drives away.
The woman appears to try to stop him as the vehicle leaves the car wash.
Police scanner audio captures aftermath
Dig deeper:
Chicago police scanner audio captured the moments following the attempted abduction.
Officers described the incident as an unsuccessful kidnapping attempt and said they had the child with them.
In another transmission, an officer said a woman believed the incident was an attempted carjacking while she was trying to get her children out of a vehicle.
Detectives remained at the scene for several hours, gathering evidence and speaking with witnesses.
The white box van abandoned at the car wash did not appear to have license plates.
Investigation ongoing
What's next:
Chicago police have not released additional information about the person of interest or announced any arrests. It also remains unclear whether the stolen SUV has been recovered.
The investigation is ongoing.
Chicago police investigate attempted child abduction, vehicle theft in Bucktown
Chicago police are investigating an attempted child abduction near Damen Avenue followed minutes later by an SUV theft at a Fullerton Avenue car wash that was captured on surveillance video on Thursday.
The Source: The information in this report came from the Chicago Police Department and previous FOX Chicago reporting.