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Crime & Safety

Woman Fends Off Three Thugs

Victim able to get in her vehicle and lock the door. Men flee on foot toward Brookfield Academy.

Editor's note: This story has been changed to reflect some information later learned about the incident.

A woman was accosted in a Brookfield parking lot last Thursday afternoon.Β 

Three perpetrators, according to police, attempted to get into a woman's car with her in the parking lot of the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center, 19805 W. Capitol Drive, at 5:30 p.m.

The perpetrators' intentions are unknown. The woman was able to get in her vehicle and lock the door, police said.

The men fled toward Brookfield Academy on foot, according to the victim.

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"We set up perimeters and got a canine out there, but weren't able to come up with any suspects," Adlam said.

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