SDSU student nearly kidnapped

Six men tried to pull a 19-year-old San Diego State University student into their car early Sunday morning, but she was able to escape and call police.

The woman was walking home when she dropped her cellphone near 55th Street and Aztec Walk about 12:30 a.m., SDSU police Capt. Josh Mays said. Before she could pick it up, someone in a nearby Toyota Camry grabbed the phone and drove off with it.

A few minutes later, the car returned and the people inside offered to return the phone, Mays said. When she went to retrieve it, one of the men tried to pull her inside.

She escaped his grasp and called police. The student wasn’t injured and the cellphone was returned.

Police said six suspects were in the gold or silver Camry, which had a sunroof. One of them men was described as black, between 5 feet, 7 inches tall and 6 feet tall with a slender build and short brown or black curly hair. He was wearing khaki pants, camouflage boxers and no shirt. He had several tattoos on his chest and arms.

The victim didn’t get a good look at the other men.

Anyone with information about the incident can call police at (619) 594-7874 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at (619) 235-8477. Information can also be sent to police@mail.sdsu.edu.