ATLANTA — Atlanta Police are looking to identify a witness who they said heroically stepped in and saved a woman during a violent attack and sexual assault at the Target in Buckhead.

The attack happened Wednesday morning, in an assault that police said was caught on camera and then later linked to a man accused of multiple attacks similar to the one that happened at the Target.

The victim told Atlanta Police she was walking toward the Target at 3535 Peachtree Road NE just before 8 a.m. when she realized the store was not yet open and began walking away.

She noticed a man nearby who, she said, made “grunting” noises before suddenly charging at her and tackling her to the ground.

Police said the suspect dragged her down a stairwell, pulled down her pants, and attempted to force oral se

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