NYPD searches for man in rape of woman in Kips Bay, Manhattan

KIPS BAY, Manhattan (WABC) -- Police are searching for a man who raped a woman in Kips Bay, Manhattan.

The NYPD released surveillance photos of the suspect.

It happened on Sunday, October 27 at 3:55 a.m. near East 29th Street and 2nd Avenue.

They met there and police say he raped her before taking off in a white Chevy Malibu with tinted windows.

The woman was taken to an area hospital in stable condition.

The NYPD's Manhattan Special Victims Squad is investigating.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

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