SHOWS THE SKY TURNING BRIGHT
ORANGE IS THE BRUSHFIRE EARNS
ABOUT 50 MILES AWAY.
A NORTHWESTERN LAW STUDENT
IS RECOVERING TONIGHT AFTER AN
ATTACK YESTERDAY IN
STREETERVILLE THAT THE MAN SAYS
HE WAS BEATEN AND ROBBED OF HIS
LAPTOP BY AS MANY AS FIVE
PEOPLE.
SUZANNE LE MIGNOT HAS MORE .
Reporter: THE VICTIM IS
RECOVERING.
THE INCIDENT HAPPENED RIGHT
HERE AT THE INTERSECTION NEAR
FAIRBANKS AND SUPERIOR AROUND
8:00 LAST NIGHT.
THIS IS THE SECOND ROBBERY
UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS CONFIRM ON
THIS CHICAGO CAMPUS IN THE PAST
TWO MONTHS.
THE 22-YEAR-OLD NORTHWESTERN
LAW STUDENT WAS WALKING
NORTHBOUND ON FAIRBANKS.
THAT IS WHEN HE WAS APPROACHED
BY THREE MEN IN TWO WOMEN.
HE SAYS THEY USED THEIR CLOSED
FISTS TO BEAT HIM KNOCKING OFF
HIS GLASSES.
THEY ALSO PUNCHED AND KICKED
HIM WHILE HE WAS IN A TORNADO
DRILL POSITION.
THEY TOOK HIS LAPTOP AND CELL
PHONE AND RAN AWAY.
SOME LAW STUDENTS WE SPOKE TO
SAY THEY ARE CHANGING THE
ROUTINE FOLLOWING THE ATTACK.
IF YOU'RE WALKING OUT LATE,
WALK WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
WALK TOGETHER.
WE ARE WALKING IN GROUPS
NOW. Reporter: A WITNESS
ACTIVATED AN EMERGENCY BOX TO
CALL CHICAGO IN UNIVERSITY
POLICE.
THE WITNESS AND OTHERS HELPED
THE STUDENT GET TO NORTHWESTERN
MEMORIAL FOR TREATMENT.
THE UNIVERSITY MADE EVERYONE
AWARE OF THE INCIDENT BY EMAIL.
YOU COME OUT OF THE LAW
SCHOOL AND YOU HAVE YOUR LAPTOP
RUNNING YOUR HAND LIKE THAT.
WE DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT BEFORE
BUT NOW, MAYBE THAT IS
SOMETHING I SHOULD BE THINKING
ABOUT, I GUESS.
EVEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY
BUT HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE OKAY.
Reporter: YOU ARE LOOKING AT
ONE OF THE MANY SURVEILLANCE
CAMERAS IN THE AREA. A
UNIVERSITY SPOKESPERSON SAYS
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