SEATTLE, WA - A woman was sexually assaulted inside her University District apartment on Thursday morning, and police are on the hunt for the suspect.

The assault happened around 10:30 a.m. in the victim's apartment along the 4700 block of 16th Avenue Northeast, which is about two block east of University Avenue and one block north of the University of Washington campus.

Police said that the suspect carried out the assault and the fled the apartment.