Bloody man found in downtown post office

A 56-year-old man was found bleeding inside of the downtown Bloomington U.S. Post office early Thursday morning.

The Bloomington Police Department received an anonymous call at 6:08 a.m. that a man was bleeding inside of the post office, BPD Sgt. Jeff Canada, reading from a police report.

The post office does not open until 8 a.m. during the week.

The police report said there was blood leading into the building and on the floor of the post office, said BPD Sgt. Jeff Canada. The man was unresponsive to BPD detective Kevin Hill. He had a cut above his left eye that required two stitches and a cut on his left hand.

The emergency medical technicians said it initially appeared that the man had been stabbed, but they later said he might have been struck in the head or fallen.

The man told officers he had been riding the route one bus on the Bloomington Transit until around 11 p.m. Tuesday when he got off downtown. He said he thinks an unknown assailant then attacked him. He said he wandered off toward the post office.

The man said he had been drinking and did not remember all of the events that occurred.

BPD is asking anyone with information on the incident to call 339-4477.