Ypsilanti police are searching for two men who beat a man as he was walking home after playing cards at his cousin’s house early Tuesday morning, Ypsilanti police said.
Detective Sgt. Thomas Eberts said police responded at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday to the 400 block of North Washington Street for a report of an assault. The victim told police he didn’t know why the men attacked him.
One of the men punched the victim several times in the side of the head, causing him to fall to the ground. The victim got up and started to run away, Eberts said, before he stopped and turned around to fight back.
However, the second man ran toward the victim, leading him to reconsider fighting back, Eberts said. The victim ran to a nearby house and asked for help and the men fled north on North Washington Street, Eberts said.
The first man is described as black, between 18 and 23 years old, 5 feet 8 inches tall and with a thin but muscular build. He has a short afro, black T-shirt, black hooded sweatshirt and black sweatpants. The second man is described as black, between 5-feet-10 inches and 6-feet-1 inch tall, wearing a dark colored baseball cap with a red bill and red sweatpants.
The victim did not require hospital treatment and suffered a scraped knee, redness around his right ear and slight swelling, Eberts said.
Anyone with information on this incident is encouraged to call the Ypsilanti Police Department at 734-483-9510 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK UP (773-2587).
Kyle Feldscher covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at kylefeldscher@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.