A longtime LSU season ticket holder was reportedly attacked and robbed inside a restroom at Tiger Stadium after Saturday's game against South Carolina.
Daniel "Danny" Dwyer told the Advocate he stayed at the stadium to watch the LSU Golden Band from Tigerland perform, as he usually does, before going into the restroom, where he was left bloodied. Dwyer said he believes the attacker may have seized the opportunity to commit the robbery because of Tiger Stadium's limited attendance due to COVID-19 social distancing guidelines.
"Normally, there's 80,000 to 100,000 people at an LSU game. You're never alone," Dwyer told the Advocate. "During these unfortunate times, with the lower number of people, there's more opportunity for a one-on-one encounter."
Dwyer said stopped at a nearby restroom on the way to his car and saw "three or four men and a young man who had a broom and a dustpan, and a bucket behind him."
"Apparently, the three or four guys I saw were on the way out or had left, because the next thing I knew, there were two or three blows to the back of the head," Dwyer told the Advocate.
Dwyer said he didn't think anyone was standing behind him prior to the attack and notes that the restroom typically more crowded after the game. Tiger Stadium is currently limited to 25% capacity due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Dwyer said he thinks the attack lasted about 25-30 seconds and remembers seeing "blood trickling down from under my cap onto the floor." He said he tried covering his face from the punches, but "at some point my hands didn't get fully up" and the suspect used that opening to take Dwyer's wallet, which was carrying a small amount of cash.
The suspect fled the scene and Dwyer said he went down a corridor and found two or three state troopers nearby.
Dwyer received treatment for three head lacerations by Emergency Medical Services staff at LSU before being transported by ambulance to Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, where he was released Sunday morning, the Advocate reports. Dwyer said an LSU Police Department investigator was immediately on the case and followed the ambulance transporting Dwyer to OLOL, where the investigator continued to ask the victim about the incident.
LSU director of media relations Ernie Ballard told the Advocate the robbery is under investigation. Dwyer said he doesn't know who the attacker was, but saw the man's arms and said, like everyone else in attendance on Saturday, had a mask on during the incident.
Dwyer also said he was "doing alright" as of Sunday, the Advocate reports.
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