A 10-year-old boy from Pottstown, Pennsylvania, used some quick thinking to avoid a potential child luring, and it was caught on camera.Surveillance video from a retail shop showed what happened. The boy said he was followed by a woman who said she knew him and that she was going to Wawa, and he was supposed to come with her. Instead, the boy walked inside a store he was familiar with. He walked up to the clerk and whispered to her to act like she was his mom because the woman was following him.Watch the surveillance video above.The store clerk then got in between the boy and the woman and locked the door. The woman ran off, but police later tracked her down. She is now being referred for mental health help.
A 10-year-old boy from Pottstown, Pennsylvania, used some quick thinking to avoid a potential child luring, and it was caught on camera.
Surveillance video from a retail shop showed what happened. The boy said he was followed by a woman who said she knew him and that she was going to Wawa, and he was supposed to come with her.
Instead, the boy walked inside a store he was familiar with. He walked up to the clerk and whispered to her to act like she was his mom because the woman was following him.
Watch the surveillance video above.
The store clerk then got in between the boy and the woman and locked the door.
The woman ran off, but police later tracked her down. She is now being referred for mental health help.
