Police have determined the man who approached a girl in the West Park area Thursday morning did not present a danger to the girl.
Red Deer RCMP said the man came forward to police after hearing news reports about the incident.
Police earlier reported that at about 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, near 41st Street Crescent and West Park Crescent, a man got out of a truck and approached a nine-year-old girl.
He asked her if she was cold and offered her a jacket to wear. The girl ran away and the man got back into the truck and left.
Const. Derek Turner said the girl did the right thing by leaving and telling a responsible adult what happened regardless of the intentions of the stranger.
“RCMP urge parents to continue to educate their children about ‘stranger danger’ and equally urge adults to think carefully before approaching a child they don’t know, because of the public safety concerns they may cause,” Turner said in a press release.
RCMP were satisfied Thursday’s incident was not related to an Oct. 6 incident in Anders when a suspicious man tried to convince a young girl to get into his truck.
RCMP continue to actively investigate that incident and will provide updates as more information comes available.