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UWPD Investigating Weekend Assault
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department (UWPD) is investigating an assault that occurred Sunday evening on the UW-Madison campus.
Two students reported they were walking near the intersection of Linden Drive and Babcock Drive at approximately 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 3, when they walked past a group of six males. Three of the unknown men followed the victims a short distance. When the victims stopped to interact with the suspects, two of the suspects punched the victims in the face and head. The victims reported the others in the group stood by and watched the assault occur.
The victims were able to walk away from the scene and were unaware of where the group went afterward.
UWPD is actively investigating this case. Anyone with information or video footage related to this incident is asked to contact UWPD at (608) 264-2677.
UW-Madison uses the term 'Crime Warning' rather than 'Timely Warning,' which is their local branding of the Clery Act requirement
The suspect description is remarkably thin: 'six males' with no further physical descriptors, which limits the community's ability to identify the group but may reflect the victims' limited observations in a nighttime encounter
The assault was unprovoked and random, which is precisely the scenario that triggers the 'continuing threat to the campus community' standard for issuing a timely warning
The location at Linden and Babcock is in the agricultural campus area, a less-trafficked part of campus on a Sunday evening, making witness identification challenging
References SAFEwalk, UW-Madison's student-run walking escort service, as a preventive resource