September 14, 2011

Police are searching for two teenage suspects they say were involved in a rape and robbery at about 10 p.m. last night near 48th Street and Springfield Avenue.

The police Special Victims Unit said a 32-year-old woman and 40-year-old man were walking along 48th Street when they were approached by two young males one of whom flashed a black handgun. The two young men led the man and woman to the back of a nearby home on the 900 block of S. 48th Street and robbed them. One suspect, who police say is between 17 and 19 years old, then sexually assaulted the woman.

The first suspect is described as a black male age 17-19, about 5 feet 8 inches tall and wearing a black t-shirt. The second suspect was a black male age 13-14, about 5 feet 4 inches tall and wearing a plaid shirt. Anyone with information can contact the Philadelphia Police Department’s Special Victim’s Unit at 215-685-3251.