PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Police in Philadelphia released disturbing footage of a man abducting a woman off the street, hoping the new information will lead to discovery of the victim alive and well.

The surveillance footage shows Carlesha Freeland-Gaither, 22, as she appears to fight off a man who attacked her around 9:40 p.m. Sunday in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia.


The 25- to 30-year-old man pushes the woman to his car, a dark gray metallic 2000 model Ford Taurus, and throws her inside. As the vehicle pulls away, the woman broke out one of the rear windows, but was unable to escape.

One witness told NBC10 he observed Freeland-Gaither being pushed into the vehicle.

"I heard a whole bunch of screaming," John Wayne said. "She was screaming, 'Help, Help!'"

The city has offered $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the man who attacked Freeland-Gaither.