UT-Austin Student Robbed After Being Hit With Gun

AUSTIN, TX — A University of Texas at Austin student was reportedly robbed after being hit in the head with a gun by attackers early Wednesday.

Campus police responded to the incident in front of Carothers Residence Hall at 2501 Whitis Avenue at 3:15 a.m., according to a subsequent report. As the student walked near the dormitory, a suspect got his attention while another pulled down his shorts, police said. The student told police a third person then hit him on the head with a gun

The student described the three suspects as Hispanic men who fled in a white truck. Campus police continue to search for the suspects, the department said in a press advisory. As they continue their search, police ask anyone seeing anything suspicious to calling 9-1-1.

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The incident marks at least the second time this month that a UT-Austin student has been targeted for a mugging. A student told police a man approached her before demanding she give him cash on Saturday, Oct. 5, prompting her to hand over her debit card before running home to call police. The suspect described as transient by police was later located and arrested.

Another incident initially categorized as an aggravated robbery occurred on Oct. 16 at 1:45 p.m. at 709 W. 22nd St., campus police said in a press advisory. University police responded to the West Campus Liquor Store to assist in an investigation in conjunction with their Austin Police Department counterparts, according to the campus police advisory. But the victim stopped cooperating with a police investigation after the suspect was located, and detectives determined the incident was sparked by a disagreement during a drug transaction. Given the student's lack of cooperation, the suspect subsequently was released without being charged, police said.

And late last year, police said two UT-Austin students were robbed in two separate incidents. Officers responded to a report of a robbery involving two UT-Austin students at 9:20 p.m. along the 1900 block of San Antonio Street near Martin Luther King Boulevard, according to a campus advisory. Ten minutes later, police responded to a second robbery call at San Antonio and 21st streets, police said. It was in that vicinity that police were able to locate the two suspects matching the victims' description who were placed under arrest, police said.vOne of the students in that incident sustained a scratch from the knife used in the robbery, but did not require medical treatment.

Student Emergency Services supports students who have been or know someone who has been a victim of a crime on or off campus. For those services click on the link below: http://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/emergency/victimservices.php The Victims Advocate Network supports UT employees, students and visitors who have been the victim of a crime. For more information click on the following link: https://police.utexas.edu/services/victims-advocate-network You can also order a UT Night Ride via Lyft for a ride from main campus to your home. For more information on hours of operation and boundaries visit https://parking.utexas.edu/night.