FREDERIC SERRE
The 1510 West

A police investigation is under way in the wake of an attempted abduction of a 16-year-old girl on Saturday evening in Pierrefonds in which a man grabbed the teen as she was walking home, but she escaped after pulling away from him.

“She’s definitely stressed and traumatized,” the girl’s mother said, adding that her daughter never heard the man sneak up on her because she had earbuds on.

The incident happened near the corner of Kimber and Johnson streets at about 6:45 p.m.

According to police, the girl said the attack happened very quickly, and after bolting away from her attacker, the man ran off and escaped in a waiting car. The girl ran home and immediately alerted her mother, who called 911.

“He came behind her, and with her earbuds, she didn’t hear him coming until he grabbed her,” the mother said. “She grabbed his arm off and ran. She didn’t look back.”

The girl was able to give a brief description of the suspect, saying he wore a black jacket and black baseball cap that covered most of his face.

Responding officers from Montreal Police Station 3 in Pierrefonds arrived on scene and visited nearby houses to inquire about video surveillance cameras. The investigation is continuing.

The mother of the girl urged the public to be vigilant and to go to police “if anyone has any information or outdoor cameras that might have captured the incident or the car speeding away. I’m just hoping that someone saw something or have video of it.”