Twelve Students Charged After Targeting Victim for Sexual Orientation
- Twelve male students at Salisbury University were arrested for allegedly carrying out a hate crime against a man they targeted via a dating app.
- The victim was ambushed by at least 15 men in an off-campus apartment after being lured with false pretenses.
- Authorities are investigating the actions of the fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon in relation to this violent incident.
On October 15, 2024, twelve male students from Salisbury University in Maryland were arrested following their involvement in a hate crime incident. They allegedly lured a man through Grindr, a dating app, posing as a minor, and subsequently assaulted him in an off-campus apartment. The police revealed that these students, all associated with the fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon, ambushed the victim with at least 15 others, holding him captive while they attacked him. Following the assault, campus police contacted local authorities on October 31, investigating the incident due to the nature of the assault aimed at the victim's sexual orientation. The fraternity has been suspended while the university placed the accused students on interim suspension pending further investigations.