Alexandria police detectives were canvassing a neighborhood Sunday for witnesses after a female lifeguard was raped at a pool at a condominium complex Saturday afternoon, police said. 
 
 A man sexually assaulted the 24-year-old woman at gunpoint about 2 p.m. Saturday in the 200 block of South Pickett Street and then fled, police said. The woman then called police to report the attack. 
 
 Despite the holiday weekend, there was no one else at the pool at the time, possibly because of the cooler weather. 
 
 “It’s a very unusual crime in Alexandria — a stranger sexual assault at a public place in the middle of the day,” said Crystal Nosal, a spokeswoman for the Alexandria Police Department. 
 
 Nosal said there have not been reports of similar sexual assaults or rapes in the area. Nosal said police may work with the woman to create a composite sketch of her attacker and authorities will check to see whether any surveillance cameras in the area captured video of the suspect. 
 
 The suspect was described as a tall and thin white male in his 30s. He had short hair and dark eyes. He was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, light-colored jeans and a blue baseball cap. 

 A lifeguard in Alexandria, Virginia, told police she was raped and abducted while on the job. News4's Darcy Spencer reports. (Published Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016) 
 
 A woman working as a lifeguard at a pool in Alexandria, Virginia, was abducted and raped by a man Saturday afternoon, police said. 
 
 Alexandria police said the 24-year-old woman reported to police that at about 2 p.m., an unknown man approached her while she was at work at a pool in the 200 block of South Pickett Street. 
 
 The man took out a gun and raped her, police said. The victim called for help after the suspect fled. 
 
 The suspect is described as a white man in his mid-30s, tall and thin with short hair and dark eyes. He was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, light-colored jeans and a blue baseball cap, police said. 
 
 "It's just horrific. I am shocked," said a resident who frequents the pool. "I've live here since 1998 and there's nothing like that has ever happened." 
 
 Anyone with information about the assault or the man is asked to call police at (703) 746-6613. 

 ALEXANDRIA, VA (WUSA9) - A woman was abducted and raped by an unknown suspect at a pool in Alexandria Saturday afternoon, police said. 
 
 The incident occurred just after 2 p.m. at a pool in the 200 block of South Pickett Street. 
 
 The 24-year-old woman was working as a lifeguard at the pool when an unknown man approached her. 
 
 She called police to report that she had been abducted and raped. He also brandished a firearm, police said. The victim called for help and the suspect fled. 
 
 She said no one else was at the pool at the time. 
 
 The suspect is described as a white male in his mid-30s, tall and thin, with short hair and dark eyes. At the time of the assault, he was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, light-colored jeans and a blue baseball hat. 
 
 Anyone with information about this incident or the suspect is asked to contact Detective Helsa Richmond with the Alexandria Police Department at (703) 746-6613.
– Police in Alexandria, Virginia, are looking for a man who raped a 24-year-old lifeguard on duty at a swimming pool, reports WUSA9. The 24-year-old woman told police that nobody was using the pool at a condominium complex when the man approached her with a gun about 2pm Saturday and assaulted her. She was able to call 911 after the attack when the assailant fled. He is described as a tall, thin white man in his 30s who was wearing a hoodie and baseball cap. “It’s a very unusual crime in Alexandria—a stranger sexual assault at a public place in the middle of the day,” a police spokeswoman tells the Washington Post. Police are checking into surveillance cameras and canvassing the neighborhood for suspects. "It's just horrific," a resident of the complex tells NBC Washington. "I've lived here since 1998 and there's nothing like that has ever happened."