CHICAGO -- Police are searching for a man apparently dressed as a clown who has been approaching children near the West Side’s Garfield Park neighborhood.The man, who is wanted by police for investigation of attempted child abduction, was seen on foot in the Garfield Park neighborhood and near Beidler Elementary School, 3151 W. Walnut St. and Polaris Charter Academy, 620 N. Sawyer Ave., according to a community alert from Harrison Area detectives.The man, who wears a clown mask or white face paint with teardrops on the cheek, has approached children walking to and from school, police said.
Witnesses told police he was seen driving a white or brown van with the windows broken out.Police on Sunday morning said the sightings have not been concentrated to one specific area and there have been multiple sightings of clowns across the city, according to a Harrison Area Special Victims Unit detective.The detective said the investigation is ongoing and police did not have "cold, hard facts" about the case.Anyone with information is asked to call Harrison Area detectives at (312) 746-9259.
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