Five black males were being held in an attack on a white man who was punched to the ground after he and his white wife tried to walk around a group of young men and boys in West Rogers Park early this morning.
The man was being treated at St. Francis Hospital in Evanston following the attack about 1:30 a.m. in the 2200 block of West Devon Avenue, said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Robert Perez.
The man, 41, was walking with his wife, 40, and crossed paths with the group of young men and boys on Devon, Perez said. When the couple tried to go around the group, they started harassing the couple, who then tried to walk away, Perez said.
One of the men or boys punched the 41-year-old in the face and he fell to the ground and was injured, Perez said, citing a preliminary police report.
When police arrived on-scene in the block where the attack took place, they were able to catch all five people — boys and men ranging in age from 17 to 26 — who were believed to have been involved, and they were being held in police custody pending charges, Perez said.
No one had been charged in the attack by about 11 a.m., Perez said. Belmont Area detectives were investigating.