Officers responded to a frantic call for help from a man who was being beaten in the Equinox apartment building at approximately 8 p.m. Thursday.
According to the police report, 25-year-old Daniel Berg had stolen a laptop from the suspects.
Tidane Ahmed, Diallo Ahmed and two additional suspects, who are still at large, allegedly located Berg on State Street and brought him back to their apartment and beat him for several hours.
A female UW-Madison sophomore, who wishes to remain anonymous because police asked her to possibly testify about the incident, said, ""I heard somebody screaming ‘Help! Help!' really loud.""
""I looked out my little peephole and saw a skinny little guy surrounded by four kids,"" the student added. ""Then I heard them take the kid into the stairwell.""
By the time the student was able to call 911, police officers arrived at the scene.
According to the report, the victim was able to notify the Madison Police Department of his location via cell phone.
Two suspects were taken into custody and the victim was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The victim, who is wanted for a probation violation, was taken to jail upon his release from the hospital.
