Crime & Safety
Teen Sexually Assaulted At Gunpoint In City Hall SEPTA Station
A man is in police custody and being questioned in connection with the July 3 gunpoint sexual assault at the SEPTA stop in Center City.
PHILADELPHIA – A teenager girl was sexually assaulted at gunpoint at the City Hall SEPTA station on Tuesday and police have taken a person of interest in for questioning.
Police said the assaulted occurred at about 10 p.m. Tuesday, July 3 at the SEPTA station.
The 17-year-old girl was waiting for a southbound train when a man came up to her, pulled out a gun, and forced himself on her, police said.
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According to police, the victim called SEPTA police immediately after the attack.
Police took a man fitting the suspect's description into custody at about 6 p.m. on Wednesday at the 69th Street Terminal in Upper Darby.
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Police found the man to be carrying a loaded 9mm pistol.
Investigators are working to determine where the man taken into custody was the girl's attacker.
Anyone with information in asked to contact SEPTA Police at (215) 580-8111.
Shortly before 6pm, a recent graduate of the Police Academy, Transit PO Baron and his FTO, PO Clark stopped a person resembling the rape suspect. He was in possession of a loaded Glock 9mm. @PhillyPolice SVU has pounced on this possibility. KEEP THE TIPS COMING! pic.twitter.com/IJHoCMYg2h
— Thomas J. Nestel III (@TNestel3) July 5, 2018
Image via SEPTA Police
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