UT-Austin Campus Police Say Student Assaulted Near Campus

AUSTIN, TX — University of Texas at Austin police are investigating an assault on a student near campus Wednesday morning, officials said.

The assault occurred at around 10:30 a.m. while the student walked through the Eastwoods Neighborhood Park on Harris Park Avenue near Dean Keeton Street, police said. The student reportedly was hospitalized for treatment of his injuries, according to police.

In a subsequent Facebook post, campus police said the student was punched in he head along Harris Park Avenue. They described the suspect as a black male in his 30s, possibly homeless. They urged anyone who spots the suspect to call 911. Campus police also can be reached at (512) 471-4441 ext. 9.

The attack comes four months after another student was stabbed to death by another student outside the university gymnasium. The campus is still on edge after that seemingly random attack by a student later described as suffering from mental issues who injured others during a rampage while fatally wounded freshman Harrison Brown.

And in April 2016, freshman Haruka Weiser was sexually assaulted and killed while walking back to her dorm room after a night class, putting the entire campus on edge. The dance major was killed along a darkened stretch along a stretch of Waller Creek running through campus by a youth later described as homeless.

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