Harvey Carrasco (KTLA-TV)
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MONTEBELLO - The brother of an 11-year-old girl is being credited with helping fight off his sister's kidnapper.
The girl was walking home in northern Montebello about 3 p.m. Monday when the man pulled up in an older four-door compact car and tried to kidnap her, officials said.
The suspect put a plastic zip tie around her neck, opened the trunk and then tried to put her inside, said Sgt. Javier Ornelas of the Montebello Police Department.
Luckily, the girl's 13-year-old brother and his friend were nearby and heard the commotion.
"Suddenly my sister screamed, 'Help,' and then we looked up and saw a big man grab my sister and carrying her and putting her in the trunk. So, me and my friend were like running to help her and then I went around and I hit the guy behind the neck," Harvey Carrasco told KTLA.
The girl was using her feet to try and fight off her attacker, he said.
The boys managed to pull the girl out of the trunk before the attacker drove away.
The suspect was described as an Hispanic man in his late 30s, 5-foot-10 and either unshaven or sporting a slight beard, the sergeant said. His attire included a baseball cap and blue short-sleeve shirt.
Witness Jeremy Salcido told KTLA that when the zip tie was taken off, the girl's neck was red and bleeding.
Carrasco says he's just happy his sister is safe.
The girl was walking home in northern Montebello about 3 p.m. Monday when the man pulled up in an older four-door compact car and tried to kidnap her, officials said.
The suspect put a plastic zip tie around her neck, opened the trunk and then tried to put her inside, said Sgt. Javier Ornelas of the Montebello Police Department.
Luckily, the girl's 13-year-old brother and his friend were nearby and heard the commotion.
"Suddenly my sister screamed, 'Help,' and then we looked up and saw a big man grab my sister and carrying her and putting her in the trunk. So, me and my friend were like running to help her and then I went around and I hit the guy behind the neck," Harvey Carrasco told KTLA.
The girl was using her feet to try and fight off her attacker, he said.
The boys managed to pull the girl out of the trunk before the attacker drove away.
The suspect was described as an Hispanic man in his late 30s, 5-foot-10 and either unshaven or sporting a slight beard, the sergeant said. His attire included a baseball cap and blue short-sleeve shirt.
Witness Jeremy Salcido told KTLA that when the zip tie was taken off, the girl's neck was red and bleeding.
Carrasco says he's just happy his sister is safe.
