Red Deer City RCMP are investigating after a man tried to lure a four-year-old boy into his vehicle last week.

The boy was playing in a yard in the Anders neighbourhood on Thursday at around 5:30 p.m. when a man approached the child, told him he was a taxi driver and offered to take him to the beach.

When the boy ran to tell his mother, the man took off. The child was uninjured.

Police describe the suspect as a man in his late 20s to early 30s, with darker skin and his hair in dreadlocks. He was driving a white SUV crossover with a black strip and an unusual roof rack.

Investigators have also released a composite sketch.

Anyone with information on this incident or the man’s identity is urged to contact RCMP or Crime Stoppers.