A University of Oregon student reported being assaulted in one of the residence halls around 1 a.m. Sunday morning. The victim was walking down the east stairwell in Living Learning Center South when two other individuals attacked him.

The student was reportedly approached from behind, hit in the back of the head, and held down by one attacker while the other kicked him. The attackers did not attempt to take any belongings from the victim, and continued down the stairwell. Both suspects were described as white, college-age males, but no further description was provided.

UOPD’s communications director and public information officer, Kelly McIver, posted a crime alert to the UO’s police website this afternoon and issued the alert via UO webmail as well.

In responding to future incidents, McIver urges students to be quick to report these types of “person crimes,” such as assault and robbery. “For person crimes, we certainly encourage people to make reports immediately because we can do a lot more… if we know about it at the time.”

McIver says the survivor has not been hospitalized and there are no serious injuries. The survivor was not a resident of LLC. The incident is still under investigation and anyone with information should report to the UOPD at 541-346-2919. Any updates to the incident will be posted to the UOPD website.