Security alert went out shortly before 7 p.m., a suspect in custody
NEW BRUNSWICK -- Two people were hospitalized following as assault Friday night "in the area" of a Rutgers University dorm, Kenneth Cop, chief of campus police, said in an electronic alert.
Earlier alerts from the university indicated that the victims were stabbed shortly before 7 p.m. by Mettler Residence Hall and that a suspect had been caught immediately.A Rutgers spokesman declined to verify the precise nature of the assaults Friday night.
Cop did not release any information on the condition of the victims or on the suspect.
Rutgers Police were carrying out an investigation Friday night and were seeking witnesses. Anyone with information or who was in the area when the incident occurred is being asked to call the Rutgers Police Department's Detective Bureau at 848-932-8025.
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