SALT LAKE CITY — Police are asking for help to identify a group of teens who allegedly assaulted a store employee at the Gateway Mall, causing multiple injuries.
The assault happened on Friday, November 25 at 6:28 p.m., police said.
A 38-year-old man, who was employed by a store at the Gateway Mall, was attacked and taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
He has since been treated and released.
Officials report an investigation revealed the group got into an argument with the man and surrounded him before attacking him.
Police said that before assaulting the employee, the group was escorted off the premises of another downtown mall for reportedly causing a disturbance.
The case is being investigated as an Aggravated Assault with a Riot enhancement because of the large number of people involved in the group, police said.
The Salt Lake City Police Department initially released photos of the suspects, then later removed the photos because they successfully identified some of them and learned that they were minors.
