CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago police have issued a community alert following a sexual assault in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood.
The assault occurred Saturday at about 4:30 a.m. in the 2200-block of North Orchard Street. According to police, a man approached two women standing in the alley, shoved them to the ground and sexually assaulted one of them.
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One of the women was able to fight the man off by kicking him in the face.
Police have released a surveillance image of the suspect, who was riding a bicycle. Police said the suspect is in his late 20s to early 30s, 5'5"-5'6", 150 pounds, with short dark hair and may have facial lacerations. He was last seen wearing a white short-sleeved T-shirt and shorts.
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Anyone with information is asked to contact Area Central detectives at (312) 747-8380.