Police investigating report of sexual assault at frat house near University of Chicago; person of interest identified

CHICAGO (WGN) – A person of interest has been identified in connection with a sexual assault that was reported early Sunday morning at a fraternity house near the University of Chicago campus, the school announced Tuesday in a community alert.

This person’s identity has been corroborated by witness statements and video evidence from university cameras and license plate readers, a spokesperson for the university said. All of this information has been shared with the Chicago Police Department, which is leading the investigation.

The individual is not a University of Chicago student or affiliated with the university and has been banned from campus, the school says. Since the investigation is ongoing and no charges have yet been filed, the identity of the person cannot be disclosed.

Chicago police say a 21-year-old woman — who the school later said is not affiliated with the university — reported to officers that she was sexually assaulted around 2 a.m. Sunday by a male offender inside a residence in the 5600 block of South University Avenue, in Hyde Park on Chicago’s South Side.

The Chicago Maroon, the university’s independent student-run newspaper, first reported that the alleged assault occurred at the house of the Lambda chapter of the Alpha........

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