Two Good Samaritans save woman from sexual assault
Posted January 3, 2013 1:16 pm.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Vancouver Police want to find and thank two men, they say, saved a woman from a sexual attacker New Year’s Day.
It happened at around 4 a.m., when the 38-year-old woman got out of a taxi near Granville and Broadway; a man attacked her, but two Good Samaritans at a nearby bus stop came chased the attacker away.
“These two men were responsible for stopping this attack before it progressed further,” says Geoff Gabriel of the Vancouver Police Sex Crimes Unit. “They should be commended for their actions.”
Investigators are hoping the woman’s heroes will come forward to help them find the attacker.
The suspect was described as white, in his 40s, and 6’4″ tall with a slender build. He had a shaved head and was clean shaven. He was wearing a black hoodie; a shiny black, faux-leather, waist-length jacket; dark pants; and brown hiking boots.
The woman was very shaken up but not physically hurt.
If you have any information, you’re asked to call the Vancouver Police Sex Crimes Unit at (604) 717-0600 or Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 222-8477.
