By Associated Press - Friday, March 22, 2019

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles police are looking for a transient suspected of choking, punching and raping a victim in a subway station.

The assault occurred March 14 in a Metro Red Line station in East Hollywood.

A police statement says the victim asked a man for directions and was lured into a secluded emergency exit room where the assault occurred.



Detectives say the suspect is a transient who frequents Metro stations from Compton to Santa Monica.

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