A University student was stabbed while inside his fraternity house around 3:30 a.m. Sunday morning by an unidentified assailant who wore a bandanna covering his face, sources say.
The assailant snuck into Lambda Chi Alpha through a back staircase and knocked on a third-floor door. When the student opened the door he was attacked and stabbed in the upper abdomen and the calf.
The fraternity asked the Emerald not to disclose the name of the injured student, but Sacred Heart Medical Center confirmed that he is in fair condition.
“We’re going to support our brother through this difficult time,” said fraternity President Jonathon Johansen, adding that the fraternity is considering the assault a random act of violence.
The fraternity declined to release additional details, but said it would issue a statement sometime this week.
Eugene Police spokeswoman Kerry Delf was unable to reach the responding officer Sunday night, and couldn’t provide the Emerald with additional details. She did, however, confirm that police responded to an assault at the Lambda Chi Alpha house around 3:30 that morning.
After the stabbing, another member of Lambda Chi Alpha chased the assailant from the house, located at 18th Avenue and Onyx Street, but couldn’t catch him, sources say.
Multiple sources said a group of people were asked to leave a Lambda Chi Alpha party earlier that night, and as they left, the group made threatening remarks to fraternity members.
Johansen said that if anyone has questions about the incident, they can call John Holloway, the director of chapter services, at (317) 872-8000.
Sources asked not to be named in this story because they didn’t want to act contrary to the fraternity’s wishes by releasing information to the press.
Editor-in-Chief Laura Powers contributed to this report.
Editor’s note: The Emerald has a policy of not basing stories completely on anonymous sources. Nevertheless, the danger to the public that the assailant may still pose persuaded us to disclose as much information as we could without going against the wishes of our sources.
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