NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Police Saturday evening were on the hunt for a suspect who allegedly followed and raped a woman in the Rego Park section of Queens.

The 52-year-old woman was getting off the R Train at the 63rd Drive-Rego Park station around 10 p.m. Friday, when the suspect began asking for her name and phone number, police said.

Police: Suspect Followed, Harassed, Raped Woman In Rego Park, Queens

The victim refused to give him the information, and walked into a Rite Aid drugstore at 93-14 63rd Dr., police said. The suspect followed the victim inside and began harassing her inside the drugstore, police said.

The suspect then left the store, but waited outside for the victim, police said. The victim then walked to an address on Saunders Street, where the suspect grabbed her, threw her down a flight of stairs, and raped her, police said.