BREAKING: A person of interest is in custody in relation to a rape at gunpoint on a Philadelphia SEPTA subway platform, police say.
The 40-year-old woman told police officers when they arrived around 4:45 a.m. that she was with her boyfriend trying on some clothing ahead of the attack, Kearney said. The woman first arrived to the subway platform around 4 a.m.
The boyfriend first saw a man in a NASA sweatshirt, but briefly lost track of him before the attack, Kearney said. The attacker pointed a gun at the woman's boyfriend and at her back. He then demanded sex, Kearney said. The boyfriend could be seen in surveillance video with his hands up."He was made to watch," Kearney said.
The man carried a black handgun with a green slide and an extended magazine during the attack and rode a bicycle in the underground, police said.to get the most urgent news stories in your inbox.
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