Last Updated on 08/09/2024 by Arun jain
Suspect arrested Accused of attacking a group of Jewish students last Friday The University of Pittsburgh campus is now being accused of an earlier incident at a different school.
Jarrett Buba, the suspect identified in court documents, was arrested Aug. 30 after a group of Jewish students were attacked on the University of Pittsburgh campus by a “bottle wielder,” the university said in a statement.
According to the university, he had no known connection to the school, and was “immediately arrested.”
Buba was charged last week Along with two counts of simple assault, two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of recklessly endangering another person, two counts of harassment and one count of resisting arrest, according to online records.
According to the criminal complaint, on Aug. 29 — the day before the attack on the University of Pittsburgh campus — two Carnegie Mellon University community members threw a glass bottle at him.
According to the criminal complaint, there were no reports of injuries and the bottle hit a nearby vehicle. Carnegie Mellon police searched the area after receiving the call but did not find the suspect.
According to online court records, Buba was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, reckless endangerment and harassment in connection with the Aug. 29 incident.
It was unclear Saturday night if Bubba had an attorney who could comment on his behalf.
The following day, Carnegie Mellon University issued a public safety alert to the community due to an incident on the University of Pittsburgh campus. After seeing the alert, a victim of the Aug. 29 incident called police to say he believed “the suspect is the same male from Aug. 29,” according to the complaint.
The incident at Carnegie Mellon University appeared to be random. According to the complaint, Buba began following both victims after making eye contact with them.
Surveillance footage shows the suspect engaging the two victims, turning to follow them, running toward them and “aggressively throwing a green bottle” at the victims, according to the complaint.
Buba continued to “aggressively” engage with the victims until they fled.
The incident at the University of Pittsburgh involved two students who wore yarmulkes while walking on campus. According to the criminal complaint, a student made eye contact with Bubba, who was sitting at a table across the street. At that event Buba was described as wearing a keffiyeh, a scarf that has become a symbol of Palestinian unity.
Surveillance video shows Bubba running across the street and up to two students, who were traveling with a group, according to the complaint. Two students said that He was attacked from behind with a green glass sparkling water bottle, one on the right cheek and the other on the back of the neck, resulting in “several superficial lacerations”.
One of the victims hit Buba and took him to the ground to detain him while waiting for the police, who arrived and eventually arrested Buba.
Two students were treated at the scene, and the university said officials contacted the Hillel University Center and the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh to provide support for the students.
“While this incident is not believed to pose a continuing threat to the public, we recognize that such incidents are unsettling for our Pitt community,” the university said in its statement. “To be clear: neither violence nor acts of anti-Semitism will be tolerated.”
The incident took place near the Cathedral of Learning, the central building on the university’s main campus.
Agents from the FBI’s Pittsburgh field office are investigating the case as a possible hate crime, according to the criminal complaint. Police said the investigation is ongoing, and the University of Pittsburgh confirmed that “local and federal partners” are supporting the effort.
The University of Pittsburgh Police Department said it does not believe the incident is connected to a previous violent incident reported at the Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh, which is located across the street from the Cathedral of Learning. Pittsburgh Public Safety said A man was shot in the leg near the complex around 5:30 p.m. and was taken to stable condition.
Both the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University fall semester Begum on August 26.
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