The Southern Illinois University Carbondale Department of Public Safety has issued a campus safety alert.
Campus police are investigating an aggravated battery that occurred Saturday, April 6, in the Free Forum Area south of Anthony Hall about 10:45 pm. Police says the 21-year old victim is a SIU student. He reported the incident Sunday morning. The victim told police that he had just left the north pedestrian overpass and was walking west when two black males tackled him from behind and knocked him to the ground. The suspects did not take anything. The victim received minor injuries to his head, hand and ankle. He went on his own Sunday to Memorial Hospital of Carbondale and was treated and released.
The two suspects possibly ran over the pedestrian overpass after the attack. The suspects are described at African American males, 18 to 21 years old, 5 feet, seven inches to 5 feet, eight inches tall, 140 pounds, with slim builds and short hair. Both suspects were wearing short-sleeve T-shirts and blue jeans. One of the suspects was wearing white tennis shoes.
Anyone with information about the incident is urged to contact the SIU Carbondale Department of Public Safety at 618-453-3771 or the Crime Stopper Line at 618-549-COPS.
