The Los Angeles Police Department is looking for a man who sexually assaulted a woman on the LA Metro Bus in East Hollywood earlier this month.
It occurred around 9:55pm on April 12, according to a LAPD news release issued Monday.
The bus was travelling through East Hollywood near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Vermont Avenue as the man sat in the back of the 33-year-old woman.
Police say the man began talking to the woman before he wielded a knife and demanded money. She told him she had nothing, so he sexually assaulted her “in a few minutes.”
The bus was eventually stopped at the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Figuero A Street, at which point the suspect left and disappeared on foot. Police said he was heading south to 40th.
An investigation has begun and police are seeking public help in identifying the man caught on bus surveillance cameras.
Los Angeles police released security images from a sexual assault on a metro bus in East Hollywood on April 12, 2025. (Los Angeles Police Station) Los Angeles Police have released security images from the April 12, 2025 sexual assault on the East Hollywood Metrobus. (Los Angeles Police Station) Los Angeles Police have released security images from the April 12, 2025 sexual assault on the East Hollywood Metrobus. (Los Angeles Police Station)
He is a Hispanic man in his 20s and is about 5 feet and 5 inches tall. At the time of the attack, he was wearing a white T-shirt with Qatar Airlines written on it on his chest – perhaps Paris Saint-Germain football jersey.
He also carried a dark backpack wearing dark pants, black headphones.
Detectives believe the man may have additional victims of sexual assault, and urge anyone with information to come forward.
Potential victims or witnesses may contact detectives in the LAPD Southwest Sex Crime Division at 323-290-2976. Anonymous tips can be provided online or by calling 800-222-8477.
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