homeless man forcing woman into garage where he sexually assaulted her
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homeless man forcing woman into garage where he sexually assaulted her
Harrowing surveillance footage captured the moment a homeless Los Angeles man forced a young woman into a residential garage where he 'nearly raped her' before she was able to escape.
Just 20 minutes later, the suspect tried to force his way into another woman's apartment but fled when she screamed, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
In the first incident, surveillance footage, first obtained by ABC 7, captured the man gripping the woman by her arm as they walked through the West Hollywood neighborhood, where homes sell for an average of $1.5million each.
He then pulled her inside the garage of a stranger's home at the 800 block of North Vista Street near Melrose Avenue around 12.30 pm.
The member of the Los Angeles Police Department's media relations team told DailyMail.com that the man 'made threats and demands that made her fear bodily harm.'
Moments later, the woman is seen racing out of the garage to her freedom. She then ran to get help.
The unidentified man can then be seen walking back out of the garage.
About 30 minutes later, a man believed to be the same transient allegedly pushed a woman into her apartment in the 7600 block of Hampton Avenue in West Hollywood. She managed to scare him away by screaming at him, police said.
'It sounds like he basically followed the female in. It was unlocked and he was able to enter in through the unlocked,' Lieutenant John Adams of the West Hollywood division of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department told Dailymail.com.
Police have yet to arrest the unknown man, who they suspect is homeless. Detectives described him as a man in his early 30's who was wearing dark clothing at the time and carrying a bag.
The first attack happened less than a mile away from where furniture store clerk Brianna Kupfer, 24, was murdered unprovoked at the store where she worked last month.
Her alleged killer Shawn Laval Smith, 31, was out on bail when he allegedly stabbed Kupfer to death.
Harrowing surveillance footage captured the moment a homeless Los Angeles man forced a young woman into a residential garage where he 'nearly raped her' before she was able to escape.
Just 20 minutes later, the suspect tried to force his way into another woman's apartment but fled when she screamed, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
In the first incident, surveillance footage, first obtained by ABC 7, captured the man gripping the woman by her arm as they walked through the West Hollywood neighborhood, where homes sell for an average of $1.5million each.
He then pulled her inside the garage of a stranger's home at the 800 block of North Vista Street near Melrose Avenue around 12.30 pm.
The member of the Los Angeles Police Department's media relations team told DailyMail.com that the man 'made threats and demands that made her fear bodily harm.'
Moments later, the woman is seen racing out of the garage to her freedom. She then ran to get help.
The unidentified man can then be seen walking back out of the garage.
About 30 minutes later, a man believed to be the same transient allegedly pushed a woman into her apartment in the 7600 block of Hampton Avenue in West Hollywood. She managed to scare him away by screaming at him, police said.
'It sounds like he basically followed the female in. It was unlocked and he was able to enter in through the unlocked,' Lieutenant John Adams of the West Hollywood division of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department told Dailymail.com.
Police have yet to arrest the unknown man, who they suspect is homeless. Detectives described him as a man in his early 30's who was wearing dark clothing at the time and carrying a bag.
The first attack happened less than a mile away from where furniture store clerk Brianna Kupfer, 24, was murdered unprovoked at the store where she worked last month.
Her alleged killer Shawn Laval Smith, 31, was out on bail when he allegedly stabbed Kupfer to death.