DAVID MUIR: Tonight here in New York City, the NYPD arresting the suspect after a horrific daytime sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl in a park. Here's Aaron Katersky.
AARON KATERSKY: This is the suspect police in New York say sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl after school in a Queens park, forcing her into the woods at knifepoint. The broad daylight attack shocked the city, and tonight, police are crediting people in the neighborhood for the arrest.
JOE KENNY: They knew who he was. When they saw him out on the street, they tried to detain him. They called 911.
KATERSKY: This photo obtained by ABC News shows police detaining Christian Geovanny Inga-Landi early this morning. The migrant from Ecuador entered the U.S. illegally in 2021 through Eagle Pass, Texas. After Thursday's attack, police released this video of the suspect. People in the neighborhood recognizing him.
HEROIC NEIGHBOR: I see him walk into the store, and I had to take him out. And I told everybody, Yo, this is the rapist. You know, I punched him. I kicked him a little. I ain't going to lie.
KATERSKY: The 13-year-old and a male friend were in the park after school when police say Inga-Landi pulled a large knife and ordered them into a secluded part of Kissena park and sexually assaulted the girl in front of her friend. Police said the suspect told them, David, that he happened to find that large knife, had never done anything like this before, and had a drug problem. Tonight, he's charged with rape, with kidnapping, and a slew of other crimes, David.
MUIR: Aaron Katersky here in New York tonight. Thank you, Aaron.
