Justice Assaulted During Run. Souter Is Treated For Minor Injuries

Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter was assaulted by at least two men Friday night while jogging alone in a Southwest Washington neighborhood, police said, and was later treated at Washington Hospital Center for minor injuries and released.

The assault took place about 9 p.m. near Fourth and N streets SW, a four-lane street filled with neatly maintained townhouses, apartments and condominiums that has sporadic problems with street crime, neighbors said.

Souter, 64, was apparently a random target, law enforcement officials said, and the case is not being investigated as politically motivated.

"I don't believe they knew who he was," D.C. Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey said yesterday.

Souter was apparently punched by at least one man during the brief encounter, and it is unknown whether there were any witnesses. There have been no arrests, and detectives are investigating. Nearby residents reported no unusual activity that night.

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Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said Souter was not robbed. "I can't say what the intent was," she said.

Wouldn't you smell a Freeper?

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