Woman, 82, sexually assaulted during home invasion in Chicago's Auburn Gresham
An 82-year-old woman was taken to the hospital after she was sexually assaulted during a home invasion Wednesday evening on the city's South Side.
The incident happened just before 7 p.m. at an apartment in the 1600 block of West 82nd Street in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood.
Chicago police said a man entered through a window and then began hitting the woman in the face, causing her to fall to the ground.
The offender then sexually assaulted the woman before leaving the scene.
Fire crews treated the woman, who was then taken to Little Company of Mary Hospital for observation in good condition.
"I'm praying for that senior, and anything that happens to our seniors and anything happens to our seniors is something that we have to be totally concerned about," said Ald. David Moore (17th). "But right now, the police is doing their investigation They just want to do their due diligence to make sure there's no threat to the community—and especially our seniors."
Police did not provide a description of the suspect. As of Thursday afternoon, no one was in custody.
Calumet Area detectives were investigating.
The attack happened almost a year after an attempted robbery a few steps away at the ATM of a Fifth Third Bank branch on the corner of that same apartment building. The would-be robber was shot and killed by his target, a concealed carry license holder.
