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Armed man attempts abduction near BMA

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An armed man tried to force a woman into a van near the Baltimore Museum of Art, police said. 

Police said on January 26 just before 7 p.m. a man driving a silver van approached a woman walking in the 3200 block of North Charles Street, close to Johns Hopkins University and the Baltimore Museum of Art.

The suspect, described as a white man, pointed a semi-automatic handgun at the woman and demanded she get in the van. The woman fled and later called police.

Anyone with information is asked to call Metro Crime Stoppers, at 1-866-7LOCKUP