[News] Police hunt man caught on surveillance fleeing after choking and trying to rape a 27-year-old woman on a NYC sidewalk (

Police have released footage to help track down a man who tried to rape a woman on a Midtown Manhattan sidewalk in New York City.

 

Surveillance video shows the suspect pulling up his trousers while fleeing after attempting to rape a woman.

 

The 27-year-old victim was walking on East 33rd Street near Madison Avenue on Saturday morning, June 5, when the man approached from behind and attacked her at about 7 a.m., according to police.

 

He grabbed the woman by her throat, shoved her against a storefront gate and pulled down his pants, cops said.

 

 

He tried to rape her, but the woman was able to fight back and break free, according to police.

 

The suspect fled on foot.

 

The woman suffered a minor cut to her head. She was treated on scene by EMS, police said.