CHICAGO (WLS) — Chicago police issued an alert about two suspects who allegedly tried to lure children into a van on the city’s West Side on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n
It happened as school-age children were walking near the South Austin neighborhood’s 4800-block of West Adams Street around 4 p.m., police said.<\/p>\n
ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24\/7. Click here to watch<\/a><\/p>\n Police said one suspect held a piece of paper with an unknown amount of money and said to one of the children, “Hey kid, do you want some money?”<\/p>\n Another suspect allegedly said, “Want to get some candy from inside this van?”<\/p>\n Police said both suspects, males of unknown ages, were standing near a white cargo van with no windows. The vehicle had rust marks on the fender near the tires.<\/p>\n One of the suspects had black and gray hair and wore a black baseball cap, a black short-sleeved t-shirt, white jeans, and black Nike Air Force 1s, police said. The other suspect wore all black.<\/p>\n Area Four detectives asked anyone with information to call them at 312-746-8251 or submit an anonymous tip at CPDTIP.com<\/a> using reference RD# JJ528195.<\/p>\n