Frat brawl puts 2 in hospital
By Laban Pelz
The Collegian
A party at Fresno State fraternity
Delta Upsilon ended in a fight and gunshots early Saturday morning.
Two Fresno State students were taken to the hospital and a man is in custody
on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a loaded
firearm, The Fresno Bee said.
Fraternity member Frank Camara said the fight began when a group of men
tried to crash a party at the fraternity house south of campus and members
tried to remove them.
He said the party-crashers were not let in because they had no Fresno
State student identification.
“No one knew who they were,” Camara said. “When we tried
to get them out, they threw some punches and we threw some back.”
A female student was shot in the foot and a male student was hit in the
head with a bottle, the Bee said. Both were taken to University Medical
Center.
The incident was reported at 12:30 a.m.
Fresno State police said three campus officers and three campus squad
cars came to the scene. Fresno city police could not be reached for comment.
Delta Upsilon Chapter President Chris St. George said the injured male
student, whom he declined to name, is a fraternity member. He said both
injured students were released from the hospital later Saturday.
St. George said there were about 50 people at the party, 20 to 25 of them
fraternity members. He said there were about 10 party-crashers.
“They were gang members, street thugs, things of that nature,”
he said.
St. George said the only other shot fired was into the air. He said he
could only describe the weapon as a handgun, and said no other people
were hurt.
The Bee said suspects left before police arrived, though officers were
given the description of a car.
According to the Bee, an officer spotted the car in southwest Fresno a
few hours later, called for assistance and pulled it over near Freeway
99. Passenger Bobby Nichols, a 20-year-old Fresno resident, was identified
as the shooter and arrested.
The gun suspected to have been used was also found in the car.
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