Police Search for Suspect in Rape of 19-Year-Old Woman in Brooklyn

Police are investigating after a 19-year-old woman reported being raped in a Brooklyn alley early Sunday.

The woman told police she was approached from behind by a man possibly carrying a gun around 12:30 a.m. on Rockaway Parkway in Canarsie, the NYPD said.

She was taken to Kings County Hospital.

No arrests have been made. Police say they are looking for a man last seen wearing a t-shirt and blue and white shorts.

Residents said they were disturbed by the attack in what they described as an otherwise peaceful neighborhood.

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