Police are looking for a man who they say assaulted and robbed an off-duty police officer in the Bronx early Wednesday morning.

Investigators say the man - identified as 21-year-old Samuel Thornton - walked up to the female officer around 5:45 a.m. as she was getting into her car to go to work and tried to take her bag.

The officer fought back but was punched in the nose.

Police say the man took the items in her bag, including her gun and ran off.

A neighbor tells NY1 that it happened inside a parking garage near her and that she recognizes the man that allegedly assaulted the officer.

"I saw this guy last week, like Thursday and I tell my husband, you see I saw this guy and he don't live in my building, he don't park in this parking, in the basement but I don't think he's doing something good in this building," said the woman.

The officer suffered cuts and bruises and was taken to the hospital in stable condition.