Woman beaten after Lincoln gas station employee experiences mental health crisis, police say

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – A 22-year-old woman was injured Wednesday morning in a random attack by a Lincoln gas station employee, Lincoln police said.

Officers responded to the U-Stop near 84th Street and Cornhusker Highway around 4:40 a.m. after learning the woman had been attacked in the gas station bathroom. Police said the employee was in the midst of a mental health crisis at the time of the attack.

When he left the bathroom, he hurt himself and was hospitalized due to those injuries. The victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries to her face and head.

The 40-year-old suspect is in jail and was cited and arrested for third-degree assault and attempted assault by strangulation.

U-Stop said they are working with LPD to prevent these types of incidents from happening again.

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