THE BRONX — A 22-year-old woman was sexually assaulted in a Bronx stairwell earlier this week, police said.
The suspect followed the woman into a building lobby near East 158th Street and Melrose Avenue about 4:10 a.m. April 21, then grabbed her and pulled her sweatshirt over her head, police said.
He then forced her into a stairwell and demanded that she remove her pants, police said. He also displayed an "unknown object" to threaten her, the NYPD said.
The woman fought off the attacker, who fled, but he left her with cuts and bruises on her lip and neck, police said.
Police described the suspect as a man in his 20s, 5-foot-7 to 5-foot-8, 130 pounds, last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and a black ski mask.
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