Police are investigating allegations of assaults stemming from an early Sunday brawl that may have involved members of the Texas Tech football team.
A resident of the home where the altercations occurred, Tech student Drew Pennington, 19, said he identified at least six players by comparing their faces with roster pictures on the team's Web site.
Police have begun an investigation into the assault allegations.
The victims "contacted us and wanted to pursue filing charges," police Sgt. John Gomez said Tuesday afternoon.
Pennington will meet with the school's judiciary board today, he said.
Tech head football coach Mike Leach said Tuesday that he doesn't know if anybody did anything wrong and is waiting for the investigation to conclude before taking possible action.
"I heard there was an incident, and we're just trying to get the facts," he said.
Chancellor David Smith said Tuesday afternoon that he has asked university President David Schmidly and athletic director Gerald Myers to look into the matter.
Smith added that he has not received any definite information on the allegations.
Police initially filed a burglary report on the incident, which occurred at about 2:45 a.m.
According to the police report, four people walked up to a house in the 3500 block of 28th Street where a party was in progress.
"They walked in like they owned the place," Pennington said.
Pennington's roommate be gan to argue with the men, and told them to leave. As the argument continued outside, one of the men pushed Pennington's roommate through the front storm door, the police report said.
The fight escalated but ended after Pennington stopped the party, according to the police report.
The four men left, but two later returned to apologize, the report said.
Later, however, about 30 people arrived at the house and began to damage property. They also assaulted people still at the residence, the report said.
The report did not state that anyone requested medical attention.
Pennington, however, said three people sought treatment at Covenant Medical Center, including a woman who was struck twice in the head.
A man "hit her once, she fell and then he hit her again," Pennington said.
Pennington knew the men were football players because "they told us flat out," he said.
Pennington said he is not trying to damage the football program. However, he wants those responsible for hurting his friends to face justice, he said.
(Staff writers Brent Schrotenboer and Brian Williams
A resident of the home where the altercations occurred, Tech student Drew Pennington, 19, said he identified at least six players by comparing their faces with roster pictures on the team's Web site.
Police have begun an investigation into the assault allegations.
The victims "contacted us and wanted to pursue filing charges," police Sgt. John Gomez said Tuesday afternoon.
Pennington will meet with the school's judiciary board today, he said.
Tech head football coach Mike Leach said Tuesday that he doesn't know if anybody did anything wrong and is waiting for the investigation to conclude before taking possible action.
"I heard there was an incident, and we're just trying to get the facts," he said.
Chancellor David Smith said Tuesday afternoon that he has asked university President David Schmidly and athletic director Gerald Myers to look into the matter.
Smith added that he has not received any definite information on the allegations.
Police initially filed a burglary report on the incident, which occurred at about 2:45 a.m.
According to the police report, four people walked up to a house in the 3500 block of 28th Street where a party was in progress.
"They walked in like they owned the place," Pennington said.
Pennington's roommate be gan to argue with the men, and told them to leave. As the argument continued outside, one of the men pushed Pennington's roommate through the front storm door, the police report said.
The fight escalated but ended after Pennington stopped the party, according to the police report.
The four men left, but two later returned to apologize, the report said.
Later, however, about 30 people arrived at the house and began to damage property. They also assaulted people still at the residence, the report said.
The report did not state that anyone requested medical attention.
Pennington, however, said three people sought treatment at Covenant Medical Center, including a woman who was struck twice in the head.
A man "hit her once, she fell and then he hit her again," Pennington said.
Pennington knew the men were football players because "they told us flat out," he said.
Pennington said he is not trying to damage the football program. However, he wants those responsible for hurting his friends to face justice, he said.
(Staff writers Brent Schrotenboer and Brian Williams
