Police: Girl ran from menacing bow-legged man

Police in Dayton said an 11-year-old girl reported being chased by a knife-wielding man threatening to kill her.

The incident happened around 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the area of Uhrig and Ravenwood avenues, according to the Dayton police report.

The girl told officers she was walking home from a friend’s house when she passed a man dressed in black.

He said, “I’m going to kill you” and brandished a knife, then started running after her, according to the report.

Police said the girl scaled a fence and safely got home where she told her mom what happened.

The mother got in her vehicle and drove around looking for the menace but did not find him, according to the report.

The man was described as having a deformity which “bowed the leg out” made him walk with a limp, according to the report.