VIDEO: Queens Woman Fights Off Attacker In Apartment Lobby

SUNNYSIDE, QUEENS — NYPD released a video on Tuesday showing a woman getting attacked in her Sunnyside apartment lobby by a man who followed her into the building.

On March 12 around 12.30 a.m., police responded to a call near 43rd Avenue and 42nd Street to find a 28-year-old woman who had been assaulted. According to police reports, the assailant followed the woman into her building, pushed her against the wall and put his hand over her mouth to keep her from screaming. The man ran away right after and is currently missing, police said.

The attacker is described as a 5-foot 5-inch, Hispanic male with brown eyes and brown hair.

No injuries were reported and nothing was stolen, according to police.

Below is the surveillance footage recovered from the scene.

NYPD urges anyone who has any information regarding the identity of the man in question to call Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-8477, go to its website or text tips to 274637 and then enter TIP577.

Image courtesy of NYPD