Witness intervenes when group tries to abduct woman in West Loop

CHICAGO (CBS) — Police on Wednesday were looking for four people who tried to abduct a woman in the West Loop.

At 7:26 a.m. Wednesday, the woman was on the sidewalk in the 200 block of South Sangamon Street, when a vehicle pulled up and someone got out. That person tried to guide the woman to the car, which had three other people inside, police said.

A witness confronted the would-be kidnapper, who got back in the car, police said. The perpetrators fled north on Sangamon Street in the car, police said.

Area Three detectives are investigating.

Source: ChicagoCBS