Police close beating case

Police stopped investigating a case involving a victim battered by a group of males after interviewing a suspect.

On Sunday, IU Health Bloomington Hospital personnel transported the 21-year-old victim for treatment of swelling, contusions and lacerations to the face.

Witnesses reported seeing one man strike the victim to the ground followed by a group of men kicking him in the 300 block of East Varsity Lane, Bloomington Police Department Sgt. Joe Crider said.

City police interviewed a suspect in the case who admitted to being at the apartment complex.

The suspect reported being called outside by an unknown man, Crider said. The suspect said the man made an off-handed comment to him.

The unknown man struck the suspect in the face. After defending himself, a second unknown man approached him and struck him.

The suspect said he left and went to his apartment, Crider said. The suspect said he heard another fight occurred after he left.

The suspect has been cleared. The fight the victim was involved in took place after the suspect left and is considered to be a second fight the suspect was not directly involved in.

No criminal charges have been filed and the case is now inactive.

Dennis Barbosa