Cops: Wisc. Man Punched Ambulance Crew Member, Fled in Hospital Scrubs
Nov. 17--A man sought by Evanston and Skokie police on Saturday following an alleged attack on a private ambulance attendant has been located in Wisconsin in the custody of Milwaukee police, Evanston police said Monday.
The department was notified that the man, identified as Jumal Lipscomb, of Milwaukee, was located in Lake Mills, Wis., Evanston police Cmndr. Joe Dugan, department spokesperson, said Monday.
Lipscomb is currently facing unrelated charges, pending an investigation by the Milwaukee County district attorney's office, a Milwaukee police department spokesperson said Monday.
Dugan said the incident with the ambulance attendant occurred at approximately 4:35 p.m. on Saturday. The ambulance, owned by a private company, was transporting Lipscomb from a hospital in Skokie to Evanston Hospital.
Police said that when the ambulance reached Gross Point Road and Central Street, Lipscomb, who was reportedly making suicidal threats, struck the ambulance attendant in the face. The attendant, 26, received an injury to her nose, said Dugan.
Lipscomb, still wearing hospital scrubs, grabbed his personal belongings and fled out the back of the ambulance, heading southbound, Dugan said.
Dugan said there is no direct evidence to link Lipscomb to several incidents on Saturday, including a robbery that occurred later in the day, but that due to the close proximity of the locations and time frame of the incidents detectives want to talk to him.
At approximately 5:03 p.m., Dugan said, a resident was sitting in his vehicle in his driveway in the 2400 block of Crawford Avenue when a man fitting the description of Lipscomb, knocked on his vehicle window.
The witness stated that when a police car pulled up the man quickly walked away eastbound on Colfax Street, Dugan said.
Not long after, at 5:45 p.m., the department received a call of a robbery that had occurred in the 2400 block of Hastings Avenue, Dugan said.
The victim, an 85-year-old woman, reported that she was unloading groceries from her vehicle parked in front of her residence, he said.
She told police that she felt something hit the back of her head, Dugan said, knocking her down and the groceries out of her hand.
She initially thought that, perhaps because of the wind, the trunk had shut on her, Dugan said.
A short time later she realized that her purse, that was around her arm at the time, had been removed and was missing, he said.
The victim was transported to Evanston Hospital where she was listed in stable condition, he said.
Officers searched the area, recovering the victim's purse in the alley of the 2400 block of Hastings Avenue, Dugan said. Her wallet and $16 were missing.
bseidenberg@pioneerlocal.com
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