Fairfax Co. police release suspect photos in Target groping

The man police say inappropriately touched an 11-year-old girl in a Target on District Avenue Saturday. (Courtesy of the Fairfax County Police Department)
The man police say inappropriately touched an 11-year-old girl in a Target on District Avenue Saturday. (Courtesy Fairfax County Police Department)
The man police say inappropriately touched an 11-year-old girl in a Target on District Avenue Saturday. (Courtesy of the Fairfax County Police Department)
The man police say inappropriately touched an 11-year-old girl in a Target on District Avenue Saturday. (Courtesy Fairfax County Police Department)
The man police say inappropriately touched an 11-year-old girl in a Target on District Avenue Saturday. (Courtesy of the Fairfax County Police Department)
The man police say inappropriately touched an 11-year-old girl in a Target on District Avenue Saturday. (Courtesy Fairfax County Police Department)
The man police say inappropriately touched an 11-year-old girl in a Target on District Avenue Saturday. (Courtesy Fairfax County Police Department)
The man police say inappropriately touched an 11-year-old girl in a Target on District Avenue Saturday. (Courtesy Fairfax County Police Department)
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The man police say inappropriately touched an 11-year-old girl in a Target on District Avenue Saturday. (Courtesy of the Fairfax County Police Department)
The man police say inappropriately touched an 11-year-old girl in a Target on District Avenue Saturday. (Courtesy of the Fairfax County Police Department)
The man police say inappropriately touched an 11-year-old girl in a Target on District Avenue Saturday. (Courtesy of the Fairfax County Police Department)
The man police say inappropriately touched an 11-year-old girl in a Target on District Avenue Saturday. (Courtesy Fairfax County Police Department)

WASHINGTON – The Fairfax County police have released pictures of the man they say inappropriately touched an 11-year-old girl at a Target store in Fairfax, Virginia, on Saturday afternoon.

The police said on Sunday that a girl who shopping with her father  around 5 p.m. Saturday at the Target at 2905 District Ave.  when a stranger approached her and touched her buttocks. The girl told her father about the incident when they got home; the father called the police immediately. The police say that store video confirms the girl’s account of the events, but they haven’t released it yet.

The police say the man left the Target parking lot in a burgundy Ford Mustang.

If you know anything about the incident, or where to find the man pictured, call the police at 703-246-7800 or 703-691-2131, or Crime Solvers at 866-411-TIPS. You can also text your tip by texting TIP187 to CRIMES(274637).

Rick Massimo

Rick Massimo came to WTOP, and to Washington, in 2013 after having lived in Providence, R.I., since he was a child. He's the author of "A Walking Tour of the Georgetown Set" and "I Got a Song: A History of the Newport Folk Festival."

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