Downers Grove police seek help identifying battery suspect

Downers Grove police are seeking the public’s help with identifying the suspect who attacked a woman jogging on a village street Friday afternoon.

About 2:59 p.m., police responded to a report of a 46-year-old woman who was jogging in the 5400 block of Brookbank Road between Maple Avenue and 55th Street and was approached by a man who grabbed her hips.

The woman screamed and the man fled back to a vehicle and left the area, police said.

The offender is described as a Black man in his early to midthirties, about 5 foot 11 inches in height with short black hair. He was wearing a navy blue T-shirt with “SAS” in white letters on both the front and back, black pants, and bright white Nike Air Max shoes, police said.

The man entered a dark gray, four-door sedan with a silver emblem on the back, police said.

Anyone with information about the attacker is urged to contact the Downers Grove Police Department at (630) 434-5600. Residents in the area are asked to check home surveillance video systems for footage of the offender or vehicle.

Video can be uploaded to the police department using the link, https://downersgrovepd.evidence.com/axon/community-request/public/dgpc2503177.