PITTSBURGH — A Duquesne University football player died after falling from a 16th-floor window of a campus residence hall Thursday night, authorities said.
Pittsburgh police were called about 10:30 p.m. to Brottier Hall, where campus police had responded to an altercation on the 16th floor.
After campus police arrived, Marquis Brown jumped out of a window, police said.
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Duquesne University President Ken Gormley said Brown, a junior, was from Washington, D.C. Gormley said counselors were available to help support students.
Brown was taken to a hospital in critical condition and was later pronounced dead.
Police are investigating.
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