Player involved in incident
By:
Katelyn Polantz and Pat Mitsch
Contributing Editors
Issue date: 4/15/08 Section: News
Pitt defensive back Sherod Murdock was involved in an incident at Sutherland Hall Saturday night, Pitt Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs Robert Hill confirmed.
Murdock was then suspended indefinitely from the football team yesterday for disciplinary reasons.
Pitt police responded to Sutherland at about 11 p.m. Saturday for "a disturbed, potentially violent person," their log reported.
Hill said that Murdock's suspension was connected to the incident, but added, "I had not said [this person and Murdock] were one in the same person."
The residence hall on Upper Campus, housing 739 undergraduate students, was subsequently locked down because of the incident, Hill said. He did not know when exactly the building was locked down.
Juliette Yedimenko, a freshman living on the west side of Sutherland who was home Saturday night, said, "At 1 a.m. I came out into the hallway, the [resident assistant] said the building was locked down, and people couldn't get into the building. No one really knew what was going on.
"We went down into the lobby, and the people who worked in the building told us to go back up because they were bringing someone down."
The police log said Pittsburgh medics transported the person to the hospital.
A UPMC Presbyterian operator confirmed Murdock had been in the hospital over the weekend and had been discharged. The operator would not give patient details other than name confirmation, including when the patient came to the hospital or when he was discharged.
Hill said one other member of the football team was involved in the incident, although his status on the team is not in question. The action, Hill said, is no longer under review.
Athletics department spokesman E.J. Borghetti had no further comment.
Murdock is a redshirt freshman from Tampa, Fla., and has been working as one of the backup safeties.
Murdock was then suspended indefinitely from the football team yesterday for disciplinary reasons.
Pitt police responded to Sutherland at about 11 p.m. Saturday for "a disturbed, potentially violent person," their log reported.
Hill said that Murdock's suspension was connected to the incident, but added, "I had not said [this person and Murdock] were one in the same person."
The residence hall on Upper Campus, housing 739 undergraduate students, was subsequently locked down because of the incident, Hill said. He did not know when exactly the building was locked down.
Juliette Yedimenko, a freshman living on the west side of Sutherland who was home Saturday night, said, "At 1 a.m. I came out into the hallway, the [resident assistant] said the building was locked down, and people couldn't get into the building. No one really knew what was going on.
"We went down into the lobby, and the people who worked in the building told us to go back up because they were bringing someone down."
The police log said Pittsburgh medics transported the person to the hospital.
A UPMC Presbyterian operator confirmed Murdock had been in the hospital over the weekend and had been discharged. The operator would not give patient details other than name confirmation, including when the patient came to the hospital or when he was discharged.
Hill said one other member of the football team was involved in the incident, although his status on the team is not in question. The action, Hill said, is no longer under review.
Athletics department spokesman E.J. Borghetti had no further comment.
Murdock is a redshirt freshman from Tampa, Fla., and has been working as one of the backup safeties.
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Jacinda Sanders
posted 4/16/08 @ 2:08 AM EST
The other boy shoulda never stole murdock..u cant expect someone to not act the way murdock did when the boy hit him in his face off gurad..dats real stupid
Rich Rodriquez
posted 4/16/08 @ 2:37 PM EST
pitt sucks
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