A battery that occurred early Saturday morning left one man unconscious with head injuries on North Bassett Street, according to Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain in a report.
The 23-year-old Madison man was taken to a hospital after two men approached the intoxicated victim at approximately 3:44 a.m. on the 300 block of North Bassett Street and punched and kicked the man until he collapsed while two accomplices stood by and watched, according to the report.
The victim told police he was familiar with the suspects but was not able to tell police any names of the suspects.
“He had been drinking and he had been beaten up at the time the officer was talking to him,” DeSpain said. “He was basically communicating with us through either affirmative head nods or the contrary.”
DeSpain said he did not believe the victim was a University of Wisconsin-Madison student.
