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   From: february2025@jail.time   
      
   PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia police are searching for the suspect who   
   they say raped a woman while pointing a gun at her boyfriend in a SEPTA   
   station in South Philadelphia.   
      
   It happened around 4:30 a.m. Monday at the platform of the Snyder station on   
   the 2100 block of Broad Street.   
      
   The 40-year-old female victim told police she was with a 46-year-old boyfriend   
   at the platform when they were approached by the suspect who was armed with a   
   gun.   
      
   Police say the suspect held the gun at the victim's back and then pointed it   
   at the boyfriend. He then proceeded to sexually assault the victim.   
      
   "He pointed the gun at the boyfriend and put the gun at the back of our   
   survivor and proceeded to demand sex," said Captain James Kearney with the   
   Philadelphia Police Department.   
      
   Police say video shows the boyfriend holding up his hands while the assault   
   was taking place.   
      
   After the incident, police say the suspect rode off on a bicycle.   
      
   The couple then called 911.   
      
   Police released surveillance images of the rape suspect which show him wearing   
   a grey NASA sweatshirt.   
      
   https://cdn.abcotvs.com/dip/images/12058663_071822septasuspect.jpg   
      
   The suspect is described as a Black male, in his mid-20s, 5'6", 160 pounds   
   with light brown or hazel eyes. He was also seen wearing black pants, white   
   sneakers and a medical mask.   
      
   Police say he was armed with a black handgun with a green slide and an   
   extended magazine.   
      
   The victim told police she had been trying on clothes with her boyfriend at   
   the station before the sex assault. Philadelphia police were not sure if the   
   station was opened at the time.   
      
   According to police, the suspect and the boyfriend had a brief encounter,   
   along the lines of a short conversation of "hey, what's up," moments before   
   the assault.   
      
   Police say the suspect had left the area before returning to the couple and   
   then pulling out his gun.   
      
   Anyone with information on the suspect is asked to contact the Special Victims   
   Unit at 215-685-3251/3252.   
      
   In April, a suspect was arrested for raping a woman on the Broad Street Line   
   between the Erie and Girard Avenue stations.   
      
   SEPTA released the following statement to Action News on safety and security:   
      
   "SEPTA knows that riders have concerns about safety and security on the   
   system, and we are addressing them. We are working to increase the visibility   
   of police officers on the system and are actively recruiting new candidates to   
   the SEPTA Transit Police    
   Department. Last month, SEPTA reached an agreement with the Fraternal Order of   
   Transit Police on salary increases that will help with efforts to recruit and   
   retain talented officers.   
      
   "In addition to traditional policing, SEPTA has added social workers to help   
   connect members of the vulnerable population with housing and medical   
   services. There are also new outreach specialists deployed on the   
   Market-Frankford and Broad Street Lines    
   to reinforce the rules for riding and serve as eyes and ears for SEPTA Police.   
   When there is an incident on the system, police have access to video from more   
   than 28,000 cameras to aid in investigations and identify offenders."   
      
   https://6abc.com/septa-rape-snyder-station-broad-street-south-ph   
   ladelphia/12058625/   
      
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