Dear Ohio State Community Member:
You are receiving this notice because a crime has occurred that is considered to be of a concern and/or a continuing threat to the campus community.
The purpose of this message is to heighten your safety awareness by providing community members with information necessary to take appropriate precautions, enable you to take actions to help increase your safety, and to aid in the prevention of similar crimes.
On 08-26-13 at 7:17 p.m., OSU Police received a report of an attempted robbery on Woody Hayes Drive near the Olentangy River bridge. The female student victim said that she was stopped by a white male suspect in his mid-twenties, accompanied by two other white males and a white female (all in their mid-twenties), in a red GMC sport utility vehicle traveling on Woody Hayes Drive. The suspect demanded her book bag while brandishing a red handgun. The suspect vehicle then left the area east bound after the victim refused to surrender property.