OSU Issues Campus Warning As Police Search For Suspect In Attempted Sexual Assault

Officials with Oklahoma State University issued a Campus Warning as police search for a suspect in an attempted sexual assault early Friday morning.

According to OSU police, the incident happened outside Bennett Hall Friday morning. A female student reported she was walking outside the building at approximately 1:50 a.m. when a man wearing a ski mask approached her and pushed her against the side of the building. According to the victim, the suspect said he had a gun and made sexual comments.  

The victim said she was able to get away after the suspect became distracted by of a passing car, and she “kneed him in the groin." She stated she saw he was holding something in one of his hands but it did not appear to be a gun, according to OSU Police.

The suspect is described as a white male between 5 feet 8 inches and 6 feet tall, thinly built, wearing a ski mask, black sweatshirt and blue jeans. 

He was last seen running east from the southwest corner of Bennett Hall.

Anyone with information is asked to call OSU Police at (405)-744-6523 or send an iReport from Orange Shield.