According to the New York Police Department, the incident happened around 3:30 p.m. on Saturday in Brooklyn. In the video, the suspect crosses the street and approaches a father walking hand in hand with two children. The suspect is seen lifting the victim off the ground, but the father pushes him away.

A video caught by security footage in the Brooklyn neighborhood Crown Heights, showed an attempted kidnapping in broad daylight. The footage, posted to X by Crown Heights Shomrim Patrol, showed a father walking with his two children around 3:30 PM on Saturday,

The boy’s father was holding hands and walking down the sidewalk with his two sons at around 3:30 pm in Crown Heights when the masked assailant, who is seen wearing a blue and white letterman jacket, approaches the family and snatches the boy.