IUSB police investigate two gun incidents

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Police investigate two incidents in which guns were brought the IUSB campus. (WSBT photo)

By Tiffany Griffin

Story Created: Jul 15, 2008 at 2:34 PM EDT

Story Updated: Jul 15, 2008 at 4:36 PM EDT

SOUTH BEND – Police on the Indiana University South Bend campus are looking for suspects in two separate incidents involving a gun.

A student reported having a handgun pointed at him while he was standing near his parked vehicle in the 1700 block of Northside Boulevard about 7:30 a.m. Monday.

The student told the university’s police that a vehicle approached and a man inside the car said, "I could have killed you," and rested a handgun on the car’s door.

Police described the suspect as a black man in his mid 20s, 5-foot-10, with short hair and driving a dark green Pontiac Grand Prix.

In an incident Saturday, another man reported being robbed at gunpoint behind Riverside Hall.

Police said the man had been fishing and was walking up the bank about 4:30 p.m. when he was approached by two men, who displayed a silver handgun and demanded money.

The victim refused to give any money and was hit by one of the suspects. The two men then ran away.

Police described the men as 20-year-old black men. One was 6-foot-3, weighing about 170 pounds and wearing a black T-shirt, blue jeans and white tennis shoes. The other man was 5-foot-11, weighing 150 pounds, wearing a white shirt and blue shorts.

Campus police continue to investigate both incidents.

Wednesday, Jul 16 at 8:53 AM dk wrote ...

Soc, It is discouraging, I have to agree with you though. What is wrong with people? I love South Bend...the rich history of the area. When gas prices go up another notch maybe to $8 or $10 a gallon, we will be forced to make some new neighborhoods, or reinhabit some of the old ones (I sure hope that's what happens).

Wednesday, Jul 16 at 1:12 AM This city wrote ...

I sometimes with this rotten city would just collapse into lake Michigan.

Tuesday, Jul 15 at 11:24 PM Soc wrote ...

So what? It's not like they're going to jail for long. You have to kill someone, and even then it's hard to do. The only sure way to get thrown into prison and have the key thrown out is to 1) smoke pot or 2) defraud a money handler. My God, imagine if they were passing a dooby on the river bank; the entire police force would have descended on them like hornets! Crack down hard on the pot heads, bend over backwards for the psychos. Good policy. Beam me up, Scotty, there's no intelligent life...

Tuesday, Jul 15 at 11:12 PM Just Wait wrote ...

Just wait for the students to get robbed walking from the new apartments to the campus.

Tuesday, Jul 15 at 7:55 PM Eric wrote ...

Interesting that this campus has had 5 problems related to crime within this past year. I am a student at IU South Bend. I am thinking about moving out.

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