Detroit police search for woman tied to random assaults in downtown

Detroit police flummoxed by random assaults by female suspect

Detroit police are searching for a woman in her 40s that officers say randomly assaulted two other females in downtown.

(FOX 2) - Police are searching for a woman who they say is behind random assaults in downtown Detroit.

Law enforcement warned about the instance during a press conference about park security ahead of the Detroit Tigers postseason game 3 against the Seattle Mariners.

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Detroit police are trying to identify a woman connected to multiple assaults downtown after she allegedly punched two women hours apart.

The first assault happened near Woodward and John R, while the second occurred at Washington and Park just blocks away.

Both took place on Sept. 28 near the end of the Lions-Browns NFL game, police said. Ford Field is near the location of both incidents.

"Both incidents were unprovoked attacks, where our victims who are females were walking the downtown area. The individual, who I just mentioned in the photos, approached, did say several words, and then assaulted them by punching them," said Matthew Fulgenzi, a DPD commander.

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The suspect is a white woman who appears to be in her 40s. She left downtown in a ride share.

In the first case, the woman was dressed in blue jeans, white tennis shoes, and had a Detroit Pistons shirt. She walked up to a 23-year-old female and punched her unprovoked. That was around 3:30 p.m.

The second case happened just before 8:30 p.m. when the same woman, dressed in a tan sweater, assaulted a 35-year-old woman.

"No weapons were used. This was by fist. However, we don’t understand why the person did these acts. If they were under the influence or something. We haven’t had any incidents since," Fulgenzi said.