Logan Square assault victim speaks out; 2 other women attacked over past month, police say

Rebecca, one of many victims, mentioned on Could 5, she ran to the nook retailer and when she got here again into her advanced, a person got here in behind her.

“I went to the nook retailer and this man got here behind me,” she mentioned. “I did not actually assume something about it. He simply got here proper behind me into the constructing after which proceeded to do what he did.”

She mentioned the suspect slammed her head in opposition to the wall and assaulted her. Nonetheless shaken from the assault, Rebecca wished to share her story to assist different ladies like her.

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“If I might give anyone a warning it’s simply to be extra conscious of what’s going on round you as a result of I simply did not even give it some thought,” she mentioned.

The latest assault occurred at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday.

Police mentioned the suspect approached a 36-year-old girl from behind within the 2000-block of North Humboldt Boulevard as she entered her constructing, grabbed her and pulled a black bag over her head.

The lady was capable of drop to the bottom and scream, inflicting the suspect to run east down the north alley of Armitage Avenue towards Richmond Avenue.

The suspect was carrying a vest just like an Amazon vest, police mentioned.

An identical assault occurred on April 11 in the identical space.

The suspect entered a constructing within the 2000-block of North Humboldt, knocked on the door of a 36-year-old girl’s residence and requested a few specific tenant within the constructing. As he talked to her, he tried to enter the house, police mentioned.

When he wasn’t capable of get in, he pepper sprayed her earlier than working away. He was carrying an Amazon vest, police mentioned.

Two of the assault occurred in Alderman Scott Waguespack’s thirty second Ward. He mentioned now could be the time for everybody to remain vigilant.

“That is the place all people must step as much as present they’re defending their neighbor, their neighborhood, their neighborhood,” Alderman Waguespack mentioned. “When we’ve got this unprecedented crime throughout the nation, we have to all step up and work collectively.”