Wow!! Hero Homeless Man Stops Rape Attack At Bus Stop By Battering Man Over Head With A Stick (See Photos)

A homeless man has been hailed a hero after intervening to stop a suspected sex attack at a bus stop. Ketrell Ferguson heard screams and noticed a struggle at around 3.30 am this morning.

He initially thought he was witnessing a robbery, but said it then appeared to be a sexual assault. Ferguson said he has relatives who have been raped so was determined to intervene.

He picked up half a brick and a stick that were lying close to the scene of the attack, in Washington, US.

Mr Ferguson said: "As soon as he lifted his head up, I smacked him with the stick hard as I could in his head.“He fell off the lady, stumbled and I smacked him again and I just kept smacking him with the stick as hard as I could."

Cops say they found the suspect bleeding from his head not far from the scene at around 4.40am.

According to the police report, Alemen Gonzalo, 23, had offered a woman moneyfor sex, and allegedly tried to rape her behind the bus stop when she refused."Even though I'm going through hard times, God put in me in a place where I could help,” Ferguson told NBC News.