Cops hunting for man in sex attack on 74-year-old woman

Investigators in San Francisco are searching for a man who they say sexually assaulted a 74-year-old woman in her apartment on Sunday, April 24, 2016. Investigators in San Francisco are searching for a man who they say sexually assaulted a 74-year-old woman in her apartment on Sunday, April 24, 2016. Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Cops hunting for man in sex attack on 74-year-old woman 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

San Francisco police are searching for a man who broke into the apartment of a 74-year-old woman and sexually assaulted her on Sunday afternoon, authorities said.

Around 1:50 p.m., the assailant entered the woman’s home on the 800 block of Pacific Avenue near Stockton Street, said Officer Albie Esparza, a police spokesman.

The man sexually assaulted the woman before fleeing the area, Esparza said.

Surveillance video from the area caught images of the man walking toward an elevator and Esparza asked anyone who recognizes the man to contact investigators at the department’s Special Victims Unit at (415) 553-9225.

Kale Williams is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: kwilliams@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @sfkale