15-Year-Old Boy Attacked in Rochester Parking Ramp, One of Three Suspects Captured

Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- An assault reported in a Rochester parking ramp sent a teenager to the emergency department. 

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That’s according to Rochester Police Department Communications Coordinator Amanda Grayson. Officers responded to the alleged assault shortly before 8:00 Monday night. 

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15-Year-Old Boy Assaulted in Rochester Parking Ramp, One of Three Suspects in Custody

The attack was initially reported as disorderly conduct in the 1st St. parking garage in downtown Rochester. Responding officers found the victim, described as a 15-year-old boy, at the scene. 

He reported three males assaulted him, struck him with a pistol then fled in a vehicle, according to the police report. Police say the victim was transported to the Emergency Department by ambulance for his injuries. 

Shortly after the assault, dispatch took the report of a hit and run damaging a vehicle. Grayson says the person who reported the hit and run was identified as one of the assault suspects. 

He is described as a 17-year-old boy from Rochester and was taken to the East Central Juvenile Detention Center in Anoka. 

The two other suspects remain at large. A description of the other suspects is not available.