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A 21-year-old St. Louis tourist was accosted and raped inside a New York City subway station by a man who approached her at a Times Square hub offering to show her around, authorities said. 

The woman was inside the station at 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue around 3 a.m. Sept. 1 when the perv walked up and said he’d show her around, cops said. 

He rode with her on the train to multiple stations before stopping at a final, unknown location, where he took her to the end of the platform near the tunnel and raped her, authorities said. 


  Cops say this alleged rapist walked up to a woman inside the 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue station around 3 a.m. Sept. 1 and offered to show her around before unleashing a horrifying sex assault. NYPD Cops say this alleged rapist walked up to a woman inside the 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue station around 3 a.m. Sept. 1 and offered to show her around before unleashing a horrifying sex assault. NYPD

The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital after the horrifying ordeal.

Her attacker was still on the loose Friday morning. 

Cops released a sketch of him late Thursday and described him as a dark-skinned man with facial hair and a scar on his forehead. 

He was last seen wearing burgundy and gold shorts and black-and-white Croc shoes.

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