Bloomington Police are still looking for three men who battered and robbed a man and stole a woman’s purse Monday evening outside Winslow Court.\nPolice were called to the 2300 block of Winslow Court around 6:27 p.m., said BPD Detective Sgt. Jeff Canada, reading from a police report. When officers arrived they saw a man at the door covered in blood, who said he had been robbed and struck with a handgun.\nThe victim told police he and two others were at the top of the stairs in the foyer outside a friend’s apartment when three men in their late teens to early 20s approached them. One of the men who had a handgun with him, told the victim he was being robbed, Canada said. The victim indicated that he did not have anything. \nA woman, who was with the victim, began to go down the stairs when one of the men grabbed her purse, which contained cash, her ID, cell phone and medication, Canada said. The male victim then started arguing with the other men when one of them struck him in the head with a gun several times. One of the men also took a wallet from the victim’s pocket, Canada said. The three men then left the apartment building. The male victim was treated at the scene but refused to go to the hospital, he said.\nAnother woman, who was at a next-door neighbor’s, located the female victim’s wallet in the road and handed it to police as they were investigating the scene, Canada said.\nBPD is still investigating the case but have no suspects. If anyone has any information on the case, contact BPD Detective Kevin Hill.
3 men attack man at Winslow Court
Victim was hit in head with handgun; wallet was stolen
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