UWM students on alert after robbery, attempted sexual assault

The Milwaukee Police Department is asking University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students to be on alert after reports of at least 9 violent incidents in the last 4 days near the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus.

One of the most recent incidents happened at about 12:10 a.m. on Sunday, April 19th.  A UWM student was approached by two male suspects on the 2000 block of East Linwood Avenue.  The suspects forcibly pulled the victim into a nearby apartment parking lot and attempted to sexually assault them.  The victim was able to break free and run from the suspects. 

A day later, just a block away, another incident involving a UWM student has police investigating.  This time it happened on the 1900 block of East Linwood Avenue.  The victim was parking her vehicle there around 1:06 p.m. on Monday, April 20th, when she was approached by three suspects.  They tried to force her out of her car before eventually fleeing the area.

MPD asks anyone with information on these incidents to call their tip line at (414) 935-7360.