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Girl escapes attempted kidnapping near Westminster’s Mountain Range High School
Denver Post
Westminster police are investigating an attempted kidnapping after someone tried to abduct a girl at gunpoint near Mountain Range High School on Friday morning.
The girl was walking to school around 7 a.m. near West 125th Avenue and Delaware Street when a silver vehicle approached her and the man driving threatened her with a gun and told her to get in, according to the Westminster Police Department.
The student refused and the man grabbed her backpack and took off, police officials said in a news release Friday. She made it to school safely and reported the incident.
A description of the man and vehicle was not immediately available and police are still investigating, department officials said.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
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