Farmers Branch Police Search for Sexual Assault, Home Invasion Suspect

Police are searching for an armed suspect they say forced his way into a woman’s Farmers Branch home and sexually assaulted her Wednesday afternoon.

A man forced his way into an apartment about 4:45 p.m. in the 14200 block of Heritage Circle, police said. The suspect knocked on the door and the woman answered, police said. He brandished a pistol and pushed his way into the apartment, police said. He struck her on the head prior to sexually assaulting her, police said.

The suspect is described as a black male in his late teens to early 20s with short black hair and a goatee. He has a 5-foot-8 medium build and was last seen wearing a gray hoodie and gray pants, police said.

He fled the scene in an unknown direction and remains at large.