Around 5:35 p.m., the Hilliard Division of Police responded to an attempted abduction of an 8-year-old girl in the Lakewood subdivision.

A suspect remains at large after a young girl was almost abducted in Hilliard.

Around 5:35 p.m. on Sunday, the Hilliard Division of Police responded to an attempted abduction of an 8-year-old girl in the Lakewood subdivision.

The suspect is described as a black male in his teens to early 20s, tall and skinny, wearing a white t-shirt and skater-style pants.

The suspect allegedly grabbed the girl while she was playing in a yard on Joneswood Drive. Witnesses say the girl kicked and screamed until the suspect let her go and a neighbor ran to help her.