Another Boy Beaten in an Attempted Robbery

A 17-year-old Wauwatosa boy reported Wednesday that he had been beaten in an attempted robbery by two unknown boys or young men on the football field at , 7600 W. North Ave.

The victim told police that about 9:30 p.m. he was walking across the field when the two approached him from behind. One of them said, “Hey man, we want your stuff.” He told them he didn’t have anything to give them and asked them to leave him alone. Then the other said, “Man, you don’t want this to get serious.”

The boy felt threatened, he said, so he struck first, hitting the first suspect in the face. The other then tackled him and both started punching and kicking him.

He told officers he thought the beating lasted two to three minutes. Then the two left without having taken anything from the boy.

The victim suffered bruising and swelling to his eyes and nose but did not seek medical assistance.

He described his assailants as black males, one 19 years old, 6 feet tall and weighing 180 pounds, with black hair in an afro style and wearing a black hooded sweatshirt; the other 17 to 18 years old, 5-feet-9 to 5-feet-10, 130 to 140 pounds, with short black hair and wearing glasses and an orange hoodie with green cuffs.

In , a 17-year-old Milwaukee boy who is a student reported that he had been knocked around by two unknown assailants who robbed him of his iPod. That incident occurred Dec. 28, also a Wednesday, in the 2200 block of North 69th Street, only about five blocks away from Longfellow.

The description of one suspect the victim gave in that robbery is close in most regards to that of the taller assailant in Wednesday's case.