Police seeking man who yelled slurs, spat on UC Berkeley students
Berkeley, Calif. (BCN) - Two University of California at Berkeley students reported being called racial and homophobic slurs before being spat on by a suspect Tuesday evening, according to campus police.
The incident occurred around 6:40 p.m. as the two students, a male and female, were watching election coverage at Upper Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley police said.
A man then approached the pair and yelled slurs at them.
The suspect then spat on the victims, according to police.
The suspect was described as a white man in his 50s, between 5 inches and 6 feet tall and 5 inches and 7 feet tall, with a heavy build.
The suspect had short gray hair, a ruddy complexion and was wearing a red plaid shirt, a gray hoodie, blue jeans and sneakers, police said.
Anyone with information about the suspect is asked to contact campus police at (510) 642-0472 or (510) 642-6760.