LINCOLN SQUARE, Manhattan (PIX11) — A woman was followed into a building in the Lincoln Square area on Manhattan’s Upper West Side and raped on Saturday, according to police.
The woman, 21, was followed by an unknown man into a building near West End Avenue and West 65th Street around 1:30 a.m. Police said the man followed her into an elevator and forced her out of the elevator and into a stairwell, where he raped her. The man forced her out of the building before taking off on foot, police said.
Police described the man as around 5 feet 8 inches tall, about 150 pounds and is believed to be in his 30s. The suspect hasn’t been arrested.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.
