Man Assaulted At Cummings Center

Police said a 27-year-old man was assaulted at the Cummings Center, Friday afternoon.

At 11:36 a.m., Eric Beier, 42, of Rantoul St., walked into his former employment at Blue Vase Marketing at the Cummings Center and attacked a 27-year-old man, punching him several times before other employees pulled him off, police said. 

According to police spokesman Dave Costa, before the incident, Beier was called by the company for a marketing/sales call, but Beier was not home at the time, and the company did not leave a message. 

"Beier saw the number on his caller ID and this upset him," Costa said. "He responded with several threatening phone calls, including telling the victim he was going to come down to the office and 'knock his head off with a bat.'"

Costa said police are unsure why the victim was specifically targeted, but Beier did walk through the office, which he was familiar, past several other employees and walked up the the victim and said, "Are you (victim's name)?" before he attacked him.