A man forced a University of Tennessee at Chattanooga student out of her car and then sped away around 8:15 p.m. Thursday evening, officials said.
The university sent out a campus police alert around 10:30 p.m. saying that a the student was uninjured, but the suspect confronted her while she was parked on East Fifth Street near the parking garage. The suspect drove away in her red Pontiac Sunfire, which was last seen going eastbound around Third Street and Central Avenue.
The suspect was described as a white male, 5 feet 6 inches, 23-24 years old with a thin mustache, short brown hair and a southern accent. He was last seen wearing khaki pants, a black tee shirt with graffiti style writing, black baseball cap turned sideways, according to the campus alert.
Campus police urge anyone with information to call 911 or UTC Campus Police at 425-4357.