A man tried to lure an 8-year-old boy Monday evening in the Irving Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side, police said.

About 7:10 p.m., the boy was in front of his home on the sidewalk in the 3600 block of North Whipple Street, waiting for his family to go to the park, when an unknown driver in a white minivan had parked along the curb, according to a news release from the Chicago Police Department.

The minivan's window was down, and the man told the boy, “Do you want some candy?”

The boy said no repeatedly and ran across the street to a friend’s home.

The driver fled south on Whipple, and the boy’s mother then called 911, according to the release.

The suspect is a Hispanic man who is between 30 and 40 years old. He has curly blond hair on top of his head and dark hair on the sides. He was wearing a navy blue polo shirt with a collar. His vehicle was a white minivan of an unknown make or model with a blue strip along the doors, according to the release.

Anyone with information should contact Area North detectives at 312-744-8200.