A woman was attending Zion Apostolic Church in Roxbury on Sunday when she stepped out for a breath of fresh air — but soon found herself tussling with a man who ripped a gold chain that carried her dead husband’s wedding band off her neck and ran off.

Police arrived at the church at 241 Blue Hill Avenue just after noon and met with the woman, whose age is not disclosed, who told them she’d been “robbed of her gold chain that has her deceased husband’s wedding band attached to it,” according to the police report. The chain was standard gold color and the band is described further as “a yellow hood ring with a lot of detail and to be an older style ring.”

She told the cops that she had stepped outside and sat down on a chair when she saw the alleged robber, who she said has a limp, pacing around her. Soon, she told them, he walked up and tried to push her out of her chair.

“The victim stated that she began fighting the suspect off and that is when the suspect ripped her chain off of her neck,” the police report states, adding that he also tried to get away with her purse but couldn’t.

The engagement left the woman with red marks on her neck and, she said, pain on the right side of her neck and her shoulder.

The police describe the man as light-skinned and Hispanic, in his mid-20s, of middling height — maybe 5-foot-5 or 5-foot-6 — and of stocky build. His bushy hair is cut in a fade and at the time of the incident he had no facial hair and wore a white polo shirt, blue jeans and white sneakers. The victim said he made off toward Maywood Street.

Police ask that anyone who recognizes the man or has information about this incident to contact detectives at 617-343-4275, or to provide information anonymously through the CrimeStoppers tip line by calling 1-800-494-TIPS (8477) or by texting the word “TIP” to CRIME (27463).