UNH players involved in gun incident

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Wednesday, November 16, 2005
UNH sheds some light on gun incident
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By AL PIKE
Staff Sports Writer
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DURHAM — In the aftermath of an altercation that occurred Sunday morning involving at least two of his players, University of New Hampshire football coach Sean McDonnell said Wednesday morning he is conducting an internal investigation.

Because no football players have been charged or arrested, McDonnell also said that no disciplinary action has been taken so far with regard to the players, who he identified as senior cornerback Etienne Boulay of Montreal and junior safety Muji Karim of Burlington, Vt.

The incident, which Foster's reported Tuesday, involved a man pulling a gun in an off-campus house several players are renting on 23 Main St. near the Madbury Road intersection.

Durham police say they are looking for a white man or light-skinned black man in his 20s with a black coat.

The university is cooperating with the Durham Police Department as they conduct the investigation, spokesperson Kim Billings said. She noted the alleged assailant is not believed to be a UNH student.

Although McDonnell imposes a curfew on Thursday night (10:30 p.m.) and Friday (10 p.m.), there is no specific curfew on Saturday night after games.

"I'm still trying to make sense of what happened," McDonnell said. "I don't totally know the whole story. It's our understanding that the police were called but none of guys were arrested and nothing they did caused them to be in trouble. It's a very scary incident and we're just trying to figure out how everything went down."

"There's nothing we're hiding on this," UNH athletic director Marty Scarano said. "Sean got a call Sunday and he spoke to one of the kids who was there. Apparently the football guys had a party. It was a closed football gathering. For lack of a better term these interlopers showed up at the house party. They weren't invited. The folks were males and they were not UNH students. From what I understand two of them were from Rochester. I heard there were four or five (altogether). One of them came into the kitchen and gave one of the players a hard time and insulted his girlfriend. These guys were stoned or drunk. They were out of control.

"The football players asked them to leave and when they didn't they were essentially pushed out of the house," Scarano continued. "I think there was some scuffling involved. That's when one of them brought out a gun and waved it in the street, and said something to the effect that 'this is how people get shot.' The football players then called the police. No one was arrested. I was told the football players did the right thing. It was not a situation where they were going to take matters into their own hands and beat the hell out of those guys and leave them in the street."...