UIC student reports sexual assault at residence hall

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A University of Illinois-Chicago student reported that they were sexually assaulted last week in a university residence hall, campus police said.

The alleged incident occurred at 2 a.m. Thursday at a residence hall at 600 S. Halsted St. in the Medical Center neighborhood, police said.

The offender is not affiliated with UIC. The individual who reported the assault told officials that she knows the attacker through a mutual friend.