Campus police are investigating an armed robbery in Cummings Hall where a student was left taped to a chair.
Tom Tozer, of News and Public Affairs, said April 30 that two men entered a room in Cummings Hall on April 29 around 6:30 and pulled a gun on a student.
According to police accounts, officers where dispatched to Cummings Hall shortly after 7 p.m. April 29, where they found the victim on the fifth floor.
Police determined that the suspects had already left the area.
According to the victim, the two suspects forced their way through his door and revealed that they had handguns. They bound him to a chair using duct tape, and took some computer items and his car keys before leaving the dorm and stealing his car, Tozer said.
Police believe the vehicle was taken by the suspects.
No one was hurt. Police have not released the identity of the student, but they have circulated a message via campus e-mail that contains descriptions of the suspects.
The victim described the first suspect as a light-skinned black male in his 20s, with curly hair and a hat with a single number on the front, dark sunglasses and a jersey-type shirt also with a single number on the front. The victim said the second suspect is a dark-skinned black male, also in his 20s with short hair, wearing black clothes and dark sunglasses.
The car has not been recovered.
Cummings Hall was the site of two other felonies in February, when three female suspects attempted to rape a male resident on the fifth floor before taking money from his room.
Two armed robberies occurred on campus in February of this year. Both robberies occurred outdoors - one between Nicks and Judd halls and the other in the Davis Science Building parking lot.
To report information pertaining to these crimes or the most recent robbery, contact Public Safety at (615) 898-2424 or Crime Stoppers at (615) 893-STOP. Information leading to an arrest could be worth up to $1,000. All calls are confidential.
Some information obtained from Associated Press reports
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