LAPD is investigating a kidnapping of a toddler that took place near the trendy Santa Monica Promenade on Thursday afternoon.

Details are sketchy, but the following is what we know thus far.

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The abduction occurred at Santa Monica Boulevard and Second Street at around 3:40 p.m., about a block away from the Third Street Promenade and a stone’s throw from the beach.

The victim is a 2-year-old girl.

The frantic child’s mother reported the incident to police saying that an Asian man in his 30s, 5 feet 6 inches tall, wearing a red shirt and black or blue pants had snatched the child.

DEVELOPING.