This article includes references to sexual assault.
The University encourages anyone with information about the incident or the suspect to submit a tip through the Chicago Police Department’s online tip form or to contact the University of Chicago Police Department. Additional resources and reporting options for instances of sexual misconduct are available at cares.uchicago.edu.
The University of Chicago announced this afternoon that it had identified a “person of interest” in connection with the Sunday morning sexual assault at the Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) fraternity and banned them from campus.
University officials declined to name the individual, citing an ongoing investigation by the Chicago Police Department (CPD), but confirmed that the person was not affiliated with UChicago.
CPD told the Maroon earlier today that no arrests had been made and that investigations were ongoing.
“The University’s public notice about the report of sexual assault the day it happened encouraged others with knowledge of the events to help identify a suspect,” the announcement read. “This identification has been corroborated by key witness statements and video evidence from University cameras and license plate readers, all of which has been shared with CPD by the Department of Safety & Security.”
The victim, who is also not affiliated with the University of Chicago, reported that the assault occurred at approximately 1:50 a.m. Sunday during a party which began at 10:30 p.m. the night before. According to a Sunday afternoon University alert, an unidentified suspect fled the building after another individual intervened.
The announcement comes several hours after a video posted on TikTok appeared to show the suspected perpetrator of the sexual assault. In the video, he is being followed away from the AEPi frathouse by a person identifying themselves as a friend of the victim. The individual in the video matches descriptions of the suspect released by the University on Sunday, “a 5’ 7” South Asian male with a dark complexion, short hair on the sides and longer curly hair on top, wearing a black T-shirt, black jogging pants, and white shoes.”
In a statement released yesterday, UChicago’s chapter of AEPi said that no members of the fraternity were involved in the assault and that they were cooperating with University and police investigations. The fraternity’s national organization said the chapter would not hold events until the investigations concluded.
“Separate from CPD’s ongoing investigation, the University will continue to determine whether violations of University policy occurred, and will initiate disciplinary actions as warranted,” the University wrote.
This is a developing story.
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