Police are doubtful that five men arrested after allegedly battering a man leaving a bar early Sunday are the same people who carried out a string of downtown batteries in recent weeks.
“It’s a completely different MO (mode of operation) than the other incidents,” police spokesman Mike Hanson said.
The 21-year-old victim in Sunday’s incident told police he was leaving Brothers bar, 704 University Ave., at about 3:30 a.m. when several men in a car began yelling obscenities at him.