Three suspects are sought by police after they allegedly beat a man outside an apartment complex in north Bloomington.
Police responded at about 12:53 a.m. Monday to the Arch Bloomington apartments at 703 W. Gourley Pike after a call of a fight in progress, Bloomington Police Department Lt. John Kovach said.
Witnesses told officers a man had been assaulted by several other men, one of whom had a gun.
Police found the victim on the ground with his face injured and bleeding. He was taken to the hospital for treatment and later released.
A woman who had been with the victim said they had gone to a friend’s apartment, but the friend wasn’t home. When they returned to their truck, three men ran up to them and began beating the man. The woman was able to get into the cab of the truck.
While she was in the truck, one of the men pointed a handgun at her, she told police.
Witnesses described the suspects as two black men, one with short hair and one with dreadlocks, and one white man with a gun.
The woman told police she didn’t know any of the men. The beating victim told police his wallet had been stolen and he believed the attack may have been related to something that happened to a friend. He couldn’t expand on the statement due to his injuries, Kovach said.
