A man is being made to pay for his unbelievably criminal act after he was found out to have assaulted a girl.
Larry Ward
An 11-year-old Memphis girl has been left fighting for her life after a horrible assault.
The girl was allegedly assaulted by a 20-year-old, Larry Ward, in Memphis, Tennessee, US.
The girl was on her way to school when she was suddenly hit by Ward's SUV.
The man then abducted and r*ped the girl before he left her in a ditch.
Memphis police has however, arrested Larry Ward.
According to Local Memphis, investigators say the assault happened around 7:10AM Monday in the 600 block of Delta in Whitehaven as she walked to Geeter Middle School.
The girl was taken to LeBonheur Children's Hospital and is expected to recover.
A resident, Cameron Fifer says he stumbled upon the 11-year-old just minutes after the attack. He could tell something was very wrong.
“Man, phew. Her face. Someone just struck fear in her, definitely,” said Cameron Fifer.
He later found out the details of what happened.
Memphis police said the victim was attacked about a mile from Geeter Middle School.
S*x crimes investigators immediately went to the scene to begin an investigation hoping to catch her attacker.
"He's our priority. Anytime you have anything like that happen with juveniles on the way to school,” said Lt. Col. Gregory Sanders. “Kids are out prized possession. We cannot allow anything to happen to our children so he is at the top of our list.”
A spokesman for Shelby County Schools said they are stressing the importance of being careful when walking to and from school.