An offense report obtained by The Dallas Morning News on Thursday reveals new details about what led up to allegations of an assault in which police suspect Kansas City Chiefs’ Rashee Rice.

The report, obtained by The News through a public records request, said a “suspect” assaulted a photographer after luring him back to a downtown Dallas nightclub under the premise he was being hired to take pictures.

Officers were dispatched for reports of an assault about 2:30 a.m. Monday to the Lit Lounge & Feu Nightclub in the 600 block of North Harwood Street, near Federal Street.
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The photographer was at an after hours party about 1:30 a.m. at the nightclub, but he left after a short period, the report said. About 1:55 a.m., the “suspect” messaged the photographer on Instagram and asked him to return to the nightclub, the report said.

Law enforcement officials have told The News that Rice, a former Richland High School and SMU star, is the alleged suspect. In the offense report, police redacted the suspect’s name, but a description outlined in the document matches Rice, including his age, height and weight.

Rice’s attorney, state Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, has previously declined to comment.

On social media, doubt has been cast on the narrative in the hours since the allegation first surfaced Tuesday. Two civilians with knowledge of the incident told The News a verbal altercation occurred at the club, but there was no physical contact.

The photographer did not immediately respond to requests for comment Thursday or earlier in the week.

According to the police report, the photographer believed the suspect wanted to hire him to take pictures. When he returned, he was “made aware of where the suspect was at by other members of the suspect’s entourage,” the report said.

The photographer found the suspect, who told him to look at Instagram messages on his phone, according to the report. The report does not detail what the messages said.

As the photographer looked down at the suspect’s phone, the suspect punched him on the left side of his face, the report said.

The photographer went to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries, a police spokesperson said. The law-enforcement officials told The News the man had visible swelling on one side of his face.

Rice is also suspected of being one of two drivers who triggered a multivehicle crash that injured at least seven people on March 30 in Dallas.

According to an arrest-warrant affidavit, Rice was driving 119 mph and SMU football player Theodore “Teddy” Knox was driving 116 mph seconds before the incident in the 6600 block of North Central Expressway, between Lovers Lane and University Boulevard.

Rice and four other men were seen on video leaving the scene after the crash. Police have said the men didn’t stop to see if anyone needed medical attention or provide any of their information.

Rice and Knox each face one count of aggravated assault, one count of collision involving serious bodily injury and six counts of collision involving injury. Both men turned themselves in to authorities less than two weeks after the crash and posted bond shortly after.