Toronto police are alerting the public after a 25-year-old woman was sexually assaulted while walking home in the city’s downtown.
Police said the assault occurred near Spadina Avenue and College Street on Thursday around 1:30 a.m.
The woman was walking north on Spadina when she noticed a man was walking closely behind her.
At Spadina Crescent and Russell Street, the woman moved to the side to allow the man to pass her, but he sexually assaulted her, police said in a news release.
He was last seen heading north on Spadina Avenue from Spadina Circle.
The male is black, about 20 years old, and five-foot-six to five-foot-eight with a medium build, police said.
He was wearing a dark black or navy blue hooded sweater, light blue shorts with white trim, and white Nike running shoes.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 416−808−1400 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416−222−TIPS (8477).
