WINONA, Minn. – A 16-year-old Minnesota City boy was found in blood and vomit on the sidewalk at the Fifth, Orin and Junction streets intersection about 3 a.m. The boy said he had been attacked by four or five men in masks. What he was doing so far from home at 3 in the morning was unclear, police said. For 16-year-olds the Winona curfew is 10 p.m. Also unclear was whether the assault occurred at the intersection or whether the boy had been dumped there. The intersection is on a major thoroughfare connecting Winona and Minnesota City. There had been a call to police to go the intersection. The boy, although bloodied with head and face injuries, declined to go to the hospital, police said. He told police he didn’t want to file a criminal complaint. His mother picked him up and took him home.
