Girl approached by man while walking home from school in Norwood Park

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Police are warning residents of an attempted child luring Wednesday in the Norwood Park neighborhood on the North Side.

A 12-year-old girl was walking home from school when a man pulled up beside her and called her over to his car about 2:58 p.m. in the 7200 block of West Palatine, Chicago Police said.

The girl ran home and told her father what happened. The man drove off eastbound in a gray minivan, police said.

The man was described as a white man in his 60s with a European accent wearing a baseball cap and black sweatshirt, police said.

The minivan had a dent and rust damage on the rear passenger side, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Area North detectives (312) 744-8200.

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