Horrifying moment man tries to abduct a 15-year-old girl at gunpoint - before incredible act of bravery

A teenage girl was almost abducted at gunpoint in broad daylight near an elementary school in South Los Angeles on Tuesday.

A man tried to kidnap a 15-year-old girl who managed to perform an incredible act of bravery as she fought off her attacker and was able to make a getaway. 

The girl had been outside the Figueroa Street Elementary School at around 3:30pm when the man suddenly came up to her and put his hand around her neck.

She was only able to free herself after hitting the man with her cellphone and making a run for it across the road.

A teenage girl was almost abducted at gunpoint in broad daylight near a school in South LA

The girl had been outside the Figueroa Street Elementary School at around 3:30pm when the man suddenly came up to her and put his hand around her neck

The teenage girl and her mother wish to remain anonymous following the attack

The attempted abduction was all caught on surveillance camera from a nearby shop.

The terrifying footage has been shared with the LAPD who have made it public in the hope of catching the armed suspect.

'I hope the police start to pay more attention to the community', local shop owner Foxy Chavez told ABC7. 

Neither the teen or her mother wanted to be identified, but both are grateful that she was able to defend herself, and fight off her attacker. 

Police say they are treating the incident as an attempted kidnap.

Local shop owner Foxy Chavez, pictured said the police need to start paying closer attention in the community

The teen can be seen sprinting across the road in order to get away from her attacker

The teen said she was able to make a getaway after hitting her attacker with her cellphone

Such opportunistic crimes have become all the more common because of lax bail reform policies under woke District Attorney George Gascón.

DA Gascón is a progressive prosecutor who has been vocal in his belief that the criminal justice system needs to focus more on intervention and rehabilitation, blasting 'tough on crime' policies as racist and a failure.

Gascón is running for re-election this November with his opponent Nathan Hochman, a former federal prosecutor, who has tried to capitalize on the seething anger over crime and homelessness.

In his campaign ads, Hochman, a defense attorney, has vowed to change the direction of the district attorney's office, saying: 'It’s time we had a DA who fights for victims, not criminals.'

Gascón was elected on a criminal justice reform platform in 2020, in the wake of George Floyd’s killing by police. He faced a recall attempt within his first 100 days and a second attempt later, which both failed to get on the ballot.

The opportunistic crime appears all the more common under the woke policies of DA George Gascón, pictured, who is up for re-election this November and may well be voted out

During his first term, Gascón immediately imposed his campaign agenda: not seeking the death penalty; not prosecuting juveniles as adults; ending cash bail for misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies; and no longer filing enhancements triggering stiffer sentences for certain elements of crimes, repeat offenses or gang membership.

He was forced to roll back some of his biggest reforms early in his tenure, such as initially ordering the elimination of more than 100 enhancements and elevating a hate crime from misdemeanor to a felony. 

The move infuriated victims’ advocates, and Gascón backpedaled, restoring enhancements in cases involving children, older people and people targeted because of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or disability.

His challengers have pledged to reverse many or nearly all of his most progressive policies, such as his early orders to eliminate filing for sentencing enhancements.