A NY woman was attacked after visiting a Queens church to pray, now cops are looking for a group of suspects. Police said that the woman was forced to disrobe at gunpoint and perform intimate acts on several of the men.
Faithful members of the ‘Celestial Church of Christ’ told CBS reporter Andrea Grymes, that the crime was “extremely horrific.”
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The 50-year-old victim, who has not yet been identified, had just left Tuesday night prayers at her church when she was approached by five men who sexually assaulted her at gunpoint, police say. All five men are in their 20s.
Police sources said the woman had left her church on Liberty Ave, and was walking to the subway when two men — one with a gun — approached her on 150th Street. They allegedly led her back down the block to 150th Street and Beaver Road where they attacked her behind a garbage truck. Three other men allegedly came and joined in. h/t CBS2
The men took her phone and purse before fleeing the scene. The woman ran back to the church where the pastor called 911.
“She was scared, she was crying, she was just crying like a baby. You know we couldn’t control her because she said she had never had that kind of experience before,” Pastor Kehinde Oyetunde‘s wife, Bose said.
The victim said one man briefly left the scene to retrieve a condom. The NY Times reports, NYPD recovered at least one condom found behind the garbage truck where the woman was assaulted and were processing it for DNA. The victim’s sweater is also being checked for potential evidence.
The victim is said to be recovering. So far, there have been no arrests.