All over Facebook this morning is chatter about an attempted kidnapping of a girl at the Bayshore Mall. Internet sleuths believe they have identified the suspect.

However, the Eureka Police Department — via its own Facebook page — says that it is on top of the case, and that the suspect the sleuths have identified is not the suspect.

The department says:

Yesterday morning, officers responded to the report an adult in a vehicle attempting to lure a 16-year-old girl into a vehicle at the Bayshore Mall. During the investigation, officers positively identified the suspect and are actively working this case.

Currently, there are social media posts identifying the alleged suspect. As the individual being posted about is NOT the suspect, we are asking the public to please stop sharing this false information.

So maybe stop doing that.