First Floor of North Hall Closed After Student Attempts Suicide
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Whose team are you rooting for this season? Read about "The Voice" and its all-star judges on Not officially associated with the University of Florida Published by Campus Communications, Inc. of Gainesville, Florida We Inform. You Decide. page 12. VOLUME 106 ISSUE 102 WWW.ALLIGATOR.ORG THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2012 First fl oor of North Hall closed after student attempts suicide Student found in shower; fl oor closed for about six hours TYLER JETT Alligator Staff Writer University Police closed the fi rst fl oor of North Hall for about six hours Wednesday after a student attempted suicide. Offi cers responded to a call at 12:12 p.m. indicating a man had been stabbed in the neck. He was found in the shower, and paramedics brought him to Shands at UF, Maj. Brad Barber said. Barber added he could not com- ment on the condition of the student, whose name was not released due to the sensitivity of the circumstance. Offi cers originally believed someone attacked the stu- dent, but after interviews with people at the scene, UPD concluded he tried to take his own life, Barber said. The department doesn’t expect to fi le any criminal charges. One student said when he went to take a shower around 10 a.m. Wednesday, the bathroom fl oor was fl ooded when he walked in and another shower was run- ning. When he later left the bathroom, the water was still running, but he merely thought it odd, not dangerous. Rachel Crosby / Alligator He did not look in the stall. UPD offi cer John Savona stands behind police tape at North Hall where a student attempted suicide on Wednesday Police cars and a forensics truck spent the afternoon afternoon, according to police. 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