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Police Hunt for Armed Queens Rapist

By William Gorta | April 21, 2012 12:03pm
Police sketch of a man who raped a woman at gunpoint in Hollis Queens on April 20, 2012
Police sketch of a man who raped a woman at gunpoint in Hollis Queens on April 20, 2012
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Police are hunting a man suspected of raping a woman in Queens on Friday.

The man, wearing a black hoodie and a grey scarf, approacehed a woman at 190th Street and 111th Road in Hollis, brandished a gun at her and forced her into an alley where he raped her, police said.

The woman was treated and relased at a local hospital.

Cops described the rapist as 20 to 25, 5-feet-4 and thin.

Police ask anyone with information about this crime to call the Crime Stppers hotline at 800-577-TIPS.

The public an also submit information through the Crime Stoppers website or by texting 274637(CRIMES), then entering TIP577.