A man dressed as a clown attempted to lure some middle Tennessee children into a vehicle.

The Clarksville Police Department received a report
of suspicious activity involving a man dressed as a clown attempting to lure children into his vehicle around 7:30 a.m. this morning.

A group of 5th grade students told officers that a man dressed as a clown was motioning for them to come to his vehicle, and was even trying to get them to the vehicle with candy too.

The police reported that per the victims description the suspect was a white male with a painted white face and red nose driving a silver or gray sedan with a white female passenger too.

Luckily the children did not go near the vehicle, but instead ran away.

The Clarksville Police received the report after the children got to school, and the school resource officer was notified of the incident.

Police are continuing to search the area, but have yet to make contact with the victim's