WASHINGTON — Police are investigating reports of a rape at a pool in Alexandria, Virginia, on Saturday afternoon.

A 24-year-old woman said she was raped and abducted by a man with a gun at the pool she worked at in the 200 block of South Pickett Street. Police said no one else was at the facility when the incident occurred. The woman was able to call for help after the man fled, police said.

The incident was reported to police at around 2 p.m.

The assailant was described as a white man in his mid-30s, tall and thin, with short hair and dark eyes. Police said he was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, light-colored jeans and a blue baseball cap at the time of the assault.

Police have asked anyone with information about this incident or the assailant to contact Det. Helsa Richmond with the Alexandria Police Department at 703-746-6613.