The Brief
- GSU students were shaken after a man attacked a university employee with two chairs at the Piedmont Central Dining Hall on Wednesday at 3 a.m.
- Police say a dining hall employee mistakenly let the man inside through an employee entrance before the violent encounter began.
- The suspect was arrested shortly after fleeing the scene and now faces aggravated assault and misdemeanor charges.
ATLANTA – Georgia State University police arrested a man after he allegedly attacked a dining hall employee with a metal chair early Wednesday morning inside the Piedmont Central Dining Hall.
GSU dining hall attack
What we know:
A dining hall employee mistakenly let a homeless man, identified as Carnell Earnest Hobson, inside the employee entrance at the Piedmont Central Dining Hall around 3 a.m. Wednesday. Students and staff realized Hobson did not belong after he started eating a plate of food.
Witnesses said chaos broke out and chairs started flying when an employee known to students as “Unc” asked Hobson to leave. Hobson hit the employee with a metal chair, leaving the worker covered in blood before running from the building.
Campus suspect arrested
What we don’t know:…