CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif. (KABC) -- Authorities are asking for the public's help to find a person of interest in the sexual assault of a young boy at a City of Industry mall.
Around 6:50 p.m. on July 8, a 9-year-old boy reported that he was inappropriately touched by a man while he was inside the Puente Hills Mall. The incident was reported to mall security not long after it happened, according to authorities.
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Detectives with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department are looking for a man between the age of 35 and 40. He is between 5 feet 10 inches and 6 feet tall, clean shaven, balding on the top of his head, has black and gray hair and was last seen wearing a blue shirt.
Anyone with more information is urged to call the LASD Special Victims Bureau at (877) 710-5273 or they may call Crime Stoppers to stay anonymous at (800) 222-8477.
A man sought as a person of interest in a child molestation case is captured on surveillance video at the Puente Hills Mall in the City of Industry. (KABC)