Authorities in Paterson are on the search for a suspect that robbed then brutally beat a woman in the city this morning.
Police responded to the 300 block of East 27th Street at around 10 a.m. on reports of a woman who was badly assaulted at that location.
According to reports, the woman was approached by a black male suspect shortly before police arrived and dragged into an alleyway where she was assaulted with a gun to her head and viciously beaten on other parts of her body.
The suspect then robbed the woman before using his foot to assault her in the face just before running from the scene reports said.
Police are looking for a black male who was last seen wearing a charcoal gray jacket, black hat, when he fled in a blue BMW.
The woman was transported to St. Josephs Hospital where she is expected to recover from her injuries the report said.
The attack is under investigation.