TOWER- An unidentified adult male needed medical attention after he was randomly attacked by four juveniles in Tower on Monday.
According to Breitung Police Chief Dan Reing, Breitung police, assisted by the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office, the Babbitt Police Department, and the Ely Police Department were dispatched at approximately 9:30 p.m. for a report of an assault. An adult male victim was found to have sustained numerous injuries after being attacked by four juvenile males with improvised weapons. Officers fanned out across the surrounding neighborhood looking for one of the objects used in the attack, believed to be a baseball bat, according to a brief conversation between Reing and a Timberjay reporter as the search was progressing.
All four suspects are currently in custody at the Arrowhead Juvenile Center awaiting a court appearance. The victim was transported to Essentia Hospital in Virginia where he was treated and released. The suspects and the victim did not know each other prior to the assault, Reing said, and this is believed to be a random assault. Reing said there is no threat to the public at this time.