버지니아 커먼 웰스 대학교는 토요일 캠퍼스 밖에서 한 학생이 죽은 채로 발견 된 후 형제회를 중단했습니다..
The VCU chapter of the Delta Chi fraternity was also suspended by the national Delta Chi organization.
The suspensions follow the death of VCU student Adam Oakes. Statements from the university, the national fraternity and the Richmond police did not mention any cause of death, although police are investigating.
Oakes’ family told CNN affiliate WWBT that the student — who was an only child — had been offered a bid to join the Delta Chi fraternity and had gone to a party Friday night to begin the initiation process.
“He had already tried to get into other fraternities and had been turned down, but he saw the camaraderie. He’d see the brotherhood and just loved the actual acceptance,” his father, Eric Oakes, told WWBT.
“에서 9 오후, he texts his dad and just said, ‘I’m going in. Love you.’ and he went in,” Oakes’ cousin Courtney White told the affiliate. “He wasn’t just a good kid or good person to us, he was to everybody,” White said.
CNN has reached out to Oakes’ family for comment but has not yet heard back.
Oakes’ cause of death has not yet been determined by the Medical Examiner, said Tammie Smith, spokesperson for Virginia Department of Health.
In a statement Sunday, the university said it mourned Oakes’ 죽음. “This is a tragic loss for Adam’s family and members of our community,” 그것은 말했다.
According to a statement from the Richmond Police Department (RPD), officers responded “for the report of a person down” 주위에 9:16 오전. 토요일. “Officers arrived and found Oakes down and unresponsive. He was pronounced dead at the scene,” 그것은 말했다.
Detectives from RPD and the VCU Police Department are investigating, 부서는 말했다.
The VCU Delta Chi house is about a mile from where Oakes was found unresponsive. Neither the university nor the police gave any information about whether the house where Oakes was found was linked to the fraternity.
“The health and safety of our chapter communities is always a top priority for The Delta Chi Fraternity, which suspended the VCU chapter after learning of the incident late Saturday afternoon,” the national fraternity statement 말했다.
By Monday, social media accounts, websites and university pages associated with VCU chapter of Delta Chi had been taken down.
