Updated: May 22, 2015 at 1:15 p.m.

A student reported an attempted robbery by four or five high school-aged people in front of Strong Hall around 10 p.m. Thursday night, according to a GW alert.

The male student, who suffered minor injuries from the incident, was walking on G Street by Strong Hall aroudn 9:10 p.m. when he observed the suspects watching him and refused the group when they tried to make contact with him, said University spokeswoman Maralee Csellar. She said one of the suspects “grabbed and punched the student” and another waived a pistol. The student reported the incident at around 9:20 p.m. to the University Police Department after he went home.

The suspects were black and wore jeans, jackets and ball caps. One of them was wearing a black puffy jacket and an earring, and had a pistol, according to the alert sent to students shortly before 10 p.m. No additional descriptions of the other suspects were given in the release.

The suspects were last seen fleeing westbound behind Strong Hall on the 600 block of 21st Street, and officers from UPD and the Metropolitan Police Department searched the area for the suspects, according to the alert. Csellar confirmed Friday morning that the suspects have not been located.