Jackson County authorities Friday morning were still looking for a man believed to have briefly abducted an 11-year-old boy Wednesday morning.

The incident happened at around 7 a.m. on County Road 14 in Flat Rock.

Sheriff Rocky Harnen said the boy told investigators he was walking his dog when he saw a man who was breaking into his mother’s car. The man allegedly pointed a gun at the child, forcing him into a truck.

Harnen said according to the boy, the man drove him about a quarter of a mile down the road, hit him in the stomach with the butt of the gun, and forced him out of the vehicle. The man then threw the gun out of the truck and drove on.

Harnen said the gun was later identified as one owned by the boy’s mother. It had been stored inside her vehicle.

Citing the boy’s description, Harnen said the man was tall and slender, wearing a dark Nike hoodie and a black COVID surgical mask. He was driving a single-cab black truck, believed to be a Ford Ranger.