A woman was raped by a stranger at knifepoint in her Queens apartment early Saturday, according to a report and officials.
Police responded to an assault in progress around 4:30 a.m. in a building near 148th Street and 94th Avenue in Jamaica and found the victim, who told them she had been raped, an NYPD spokesman said.
The woman was taken to NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens in stable condition, according to police. There were no immediate arrests.
Photos from the apartment building where the rape happened show NYPD Crime Scene Unit detectives removing evidence bags from the building. Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto/ShutterstockThe attacker knocked on the victim’s door, grabbed her by the neck and pulled her into a bedroom before raping her at knifepoint, CBS reported Saturday night, citing investigators.
The victim told investigators that she had been expecting someone that night, but cops do not believe her rapist was that person, sources said.
The fiend grabbed some sheets from the apartment before he fled and threw them out near the apartment, sources said.
Police responded to the building on a call of an assault in progress and found the woman, who said she was raped by a man in her apartment, police said. Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
The woman told cops the rape happened around 4:30 a.m. Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto/ShutterstockPhotos from the scene show police officers carrying brown paper evidence bags out of the high-rise Alvista Towers at the location.
No further details were available, cops said.
