Alert issued after double kidnapping attempt

September 22, 2009 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Chicago police have issued a community alert on the city's Far North Side after two men tried to lure two young boys into their van.

Police distributed flyers with sketches of the two men. The two were driving an older blue cargo van with tinted rear windows and rusted wheel wells.

Police say on Saturday, the suspects pulled up to the boys at Warren Park on the 6600-block of North Western Avenue and tried to lure the boys into their van.

The boys ran away and told their parents.

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