Iowa City police are investigating an assault inside a Panchero’s Mexican Grill over the weekend.

According to police reports, the victim of the assault was ordering food around 1 a.m. Sunday at Panchero’s, 965 S. Riverside Drive. As he was ordering, a man reportedly approached him and hit him in the eye after calling him a “zombie.”

Police said the victim tried to use his cell phone to call police, but the assailant punched him again, breaking his nose. He fled out the back door; the victim was taken to the UI Hospitals and Clinics for treatment.

The man accused of assaulting the victim is described as a dark-complected white man with short brown hair, around 20 years old, between 6 foot and 6-2 and 200 to 230 pounds.

— by Marleen Linares