What to Know
- A man exposed himself to a woman and put her in a headlock before trying to rape her in the Bronx
- The woman managed to get away by screaming
- Police released surveillance video of the suspect in the stairwell sex attack
Police say they’re searching for a man who put a woman in a headlock and tried to rape her at gunpoint in the stairwell of a New York City apartment building.
The woman was violently attacked as she walked down a stairwell in the building near Fox Street and St. John Avenue in the Bronx on Friday morning.
The suspect pulled out a handgun and exposed his penis to the woman before pushing her against a wall and placing her in a headlock, according to police.
The man groped the woman and tried to rape her, but she began screaming and he ran off, police said.
Police released surveillance video of a suspect on Saturday. He’s about 35 years old with a heavy build, according to the NYPD.
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS. Spanish speakers can call 1-888-57-PISTA.
