Crime & Safety
Would-Be Rapist Follows Woman From Kissena Park, Attacks Her
Police said the man followed the woman from Kissena Park, then told her he wanted to kill her before attacking her on the street.
EAST FLUSHING, QUEENS — Police are looking for a man who followed a woman from Kissena Park, then attacked her and tried to rape her on a Flushing street.
The 35-year-old woman was walking by the park the night of July 26 when a man came up to her and asked her several times in Mandarin to "be my friend," police said in a news release.
She asked the man to leave her alone, but he started to follow her through the streets of East Flushing.
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On Elm Avenue near 149th Street, the man pushed her to the ground, put his hands around her neck, punched in the face and told her, "I want [to] kill you," according to police.
As the man pulled down her pants, the woman was able to fight him off by hitting him with her phone.
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The NYPD on Thursday released a sketch of the man responsible for the attempted rape.
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