Philadelphia Police are searching for a man with a thin build and who they say wore a blue surgical mask and raped two women in Kingsessing over the weekend.
Oct. 17, 2023, 1:32 p.m. ETKingsessingThe first attack occurred about 3 a.m. Saturday, on the 1600 block of South 55th Street, said Capt. Margo Alleyne-Parker, commanding officer of the Special Victims Unit. A woman told police she was in her car at the stoplight on 55th and Kingsessing Avenue when a man wearing a gray hoodie, gray sweatpants, and a blue surgical mask approached her car and pointed a black handgun at her, police said.
The man drove the woman to an ATM and ordered her to withdraw money, police said. He then took the money, got out of the car, and left.The next day, at about 5 p.m., a woman told police she was walking near the 1100 block of South Paxton Street when a man came up behind her and pointed a silver handgun at her side and demanded money.
Police believe the same man committed both attacks. He is in his mid-20s and has a thin build, they said.
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