Attacker bites off part of museum worker's ear

A man bit off part of another man's ear during an attack in front of the School of the Art Institute on Thursday morning, according to Chicago police.

Around 6:45 a.m., a 51-year-old museum employee was standing on the sidewalk on the 100 block of South Michigan Avenue, pulling out his ID, when a man he didn't know walked up to him and asked if he had a light.

When the victim said he didn't, police said, the attacker punched him in the back of the head and bit his left ear.

Police released a description of the attacker: black man in his 50s with salt and pepper hair, about 5 ft. 8 in. tall, weighs around 140 pounds. He was wearing a big brown coat, a brown shirt and brown pants at the time.

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