Police on Hunt for UCLA Attacker

Police at UCLA today were on the lookout for a man who assaulted someone at a campus facility.

The attack took place about 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Ackerman Student Union, according to the UCLA Police Department.

The male victim, who is not affiliated with the university, reported that the suspect picked up a metal chair and tried to hit him with it, police said.

“The suspect also made threats to the victim and used racial slurs against him during the attack,” according to a police statement.

The victim suffered minor lacerations, police said, but it’s unclear if they were from the chair.

The suspect is described as white, about 40 years old, 5 feet 10 inches tall and heavy set “with a large stomach.”

UCLA police contacted by City News Service would not divulge the ethnicity of the victim or what prompted the attack.

His face bore gray stubble, he wore a blue shirt and khaki shorts and had a black backpack, police said.

Anyone with information about the suspect was urged to call UCLA police at (310) 825-1491. Tips can also be left by calling the Anonymous Reporting Line at (310) 794-5824.

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