An NIU student was robbed Sunday morning in the 900 block of Spiros Court.

About 5:34 a.m. Sunday, the student was walking home in the area when a vehicle pulled behind him and three to four suspects exited the vehicle and approached the student.

The suspects asked the victim if he had any change, and while the victim looked through his wallet, he was hit on the side of the face and knocked to the ground. The suspects then took the victim’s wallet and drove away.

One of the suspects is described as a black male, about 6-foot and wearing a white T-shirt. No descriptions were available for the other suspects.

Lt. Gary Spangler of the DeKalb Police Department said there is a chance the incident is related to similar robberies in the area, and a connection is not being ruled out.