A 20 year-old sophomore at Bowling Green State University in Ohio has passed away after an alleged fraternity hazing incident involving alcohol.

Stone Foltz was rushed to the hospital in the early hours of Friday morning after an off-campus event organized by the school’s Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity where he was given a “copious amount of alcohol,” lawyer Sean Alto told the Columbus Dispatch.

Fraternity members had dropped Foltz off at his apartment on Thursday night after the event came to an end. He was later found by his roommates, who called 911, and he was initially in “dire” condition when he arrived at the hospital.

“The death of Stone Foltz is a tragedy,” Alto said. “At this we are gathering all of the facts leading to his untimely death and we have no interest in commenting on speculation.”

He added that despite their “unbearable grief,” the Foltz family have agreed to donate his organs so that “others may have a second chance at life.”

The international Pi Kappa Alpha fraternal organization released a statement to WTVG saying that Foltz was an “unreported new member,” meaning that he was a pledge, adding that it was “horrified and outraged” by his death.

“The fraternity has a zero-tolerance policy toward illegal activity, substance abuse, bullying and hazing of any kind,” the fraternity added.

In the wake of Foltz’s death, the fraternity chapter has been suspended at Bowling Green State University. leaders with Pi Kappa Alpha will reportedly pursue expelling all members from his international organization, according to the group.

Officials with the university said they are working with police to investigate the “unfolding situation,” and that they met with students this past weekend to talk about the “short- and long-term future” of Greek life at the 15,000-student public university.

“Above all, we remain committed to supporting the hospitalized student’s family and friends,” the university tweeted on Saturday, just before Foltz died. “They are living every loved one’s worst nightmare, and we owe them the utmost respect and privacy at this time.”

Mason Ross, a friend of Foltz’s who visited him in the hospital prior to his death, said that he wants those responsible for his alleged hazing death to be held accountable.

“The hazing thing is terrible,” Ross said. “If they want people to be in their frat or whatever, they should take that person in under their wing like a brother and not make them do things they don’t want to do. Those games they played cost me my friend. It cost me my brother, a good friend that I’ve known for 15 years. I would love to see them go to jail.”

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