Concerns about campus safety continue to grow following a robbery on City College’s campus on Monday, April 14.
The incident took place in the cafeteria’s bathroom at 12:50 p.m. when two suspects threw water in an unsuspecting student’s face before assaulting them and running out with their laptop.
The suspects fled the scene along with three other individuals.
A district-wide alert described one assailant as a male in their 20s with dark complexion, wearing a black hoodie, black pants, black ski mask and carrying a black crossbody bag.
The second suspect was described as a male in their 20s with dark complexion, wearing a red hoodie, black pants, silver and white striped shoes, and carrying a black backpack.
The three other individuals with the suspects when they fled were reportedly not involved and have not had their descriptions made available.
In an email to City Times, SDCCD Police Lieutenant Jeffrey Hughes said that the victim was treated at a hospital and was released Monday night.
Hughes said that campus police were able to locate one of the individuals from the group that fled the cafeteria, but that no arrests were made.
The incident is just the latest violent crime to occur on campus this year.
Becky Wheelock, a part-time faculty senator who had previously opposed cameras on campus, voiced her safety concerns during public comment at the Academic Senate meeting later that day.
“I don’t know if cameras are the right answer,” Wheelock said. “I don’t know if more police are the right answer. (It) doesn’t sound like there’s an appetite for that, or money, but there needs to be something done.”
Hughes urges anyone with more information on the incident to contact campus police by calling (619) 388-6405. Those wishing to do it anonymously can contact Crime Stoppers at (619) 235-8477.
Edited by Bailey Kohnen, Danny Straus.
