HAMMOND, Ind. (WLS) -- Police are looking for a man who sexually assaulted a female student on Purdue University's campus in Hammond, Ind.
Purdue University Northwest sent out an alert that a female student was attacked around 11:40 a.m. Wednesday in the elevator in the Gyte Building of the Hammond campus.
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School officials said the student entered the elevator alone, but the man forced his way in and sexually assaulted her. A witness saw the man fleeing the elevator and the building, officials said.
The suspect is described as a man with a dark complexion, approximately 5 ft. 8 in. tall with a thin build in his early 20s. He was wearing a black t-shirt with white lettering, dark pants and a black COVID mask, school officials said.
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Anyone with information is asked to contact the Purdue Northwest Police Department.