Tyreek Hill
The Oklahoman: The 20-year-old woman stepped into the emergency room eight-weeks pregnant with bruises and cuts on her face and neck. She winced as she moved and complained of head and stomach pains.
After an alleged assault from her boyfriend of about six months, she did not immediately call police. Instead, she went to Stillwater Medical Center. The woman, whose identity has been withheld, was concerned about the unborn child.
Just before 9:45 p.m. Thursday, Stillwater police were called to the emergency room. Her account of the events which led her to the hospital were recorded.
Shortly after 11 p.m., officers arrested Oklahoma State football player and sprinter Tyreek Hill at his apartment, 1012 Echo Mountain, on a felony complaint of domestic abuse by strangulation. Hill was formally charged Friday afternoon in Payne County court.
Coach Mike Gundy announced in an OSU communications press release about 6:30 p.m. Friday that Hill had been dismissed from the program. The full statement:
“Oklahoma State University does not tolerate domestic abuse or violence. Based on the evidence and the serious allegations that have been made, Head Football Coach Mike Gundy has announced that Tyreek Hill has been dismissed from the OSU football team. He also has been dismissed from the track team. The allegations are under investigation by Stillwater Police and by the OSU Office of Student Conduct. Those processes will proceed independently.”
As of late Friday, Hill, 20, posted bond and was released from jail. His next court appearance is set for Jan. 13 at 1:30 p.m. A judge ordered Hill to have no contact with the victim until further notice.
The narrative of what happened Thursday night at Hill’s residence — an apartment in the recently developed Aspen Heights neighborhood a few miles northeast of campus — was provided in an arrest report and probable cause affidavit filed in Payne County court.
The woman told police a verbal altercation escalated into Hill throwing her “like a rag doll.” She reported Hill punched her several times in the face and stomach. Hill allegedly put both hands around her neck, banged her head against the wall and threw her to the ground. He then reportedly picked the woman up by her hair and put her into a headlock. The woman says she cried, “Let me go, I can’t breathe,” several times before Hill relented.
Police reported injuries and bruising below her left eye, upper lip and all around her neck beneath her chin. She was treated and released from hospital care. The status of her unborn child, of whom she says Hill is the father, was not released. The woman told police that “this had happened before back in summer but she did not report it at the time.” She also said Hill has a “volatile temper and that he thought it was okay to punch and shake her.”
Police reported Hill was arrested without incident, but he remarked to officers that “he was being arrested for being black and she was white.” Now, Hill faces consequences from the criminal justice system and the university.
According to its Student Code of Conduct, OSU will “strongly recommend suspension or expulsion for students found responsible” for “physical violence of any nature against any person, on or off campus.” Offenses included within that category include: “fighting; assault; battery.”
Stillwater police report Hill faces one-to-three years of imprisonment and/or a $3,000 fine if found guilty of the domestic abuse by strangulation charge. However, pending the status of the woman’s unborn child, the legal consequences could be much worse.
Oklahoma law states any “person convicted of domestic abuse committed against a pregnant woman with knowledge of the pregnancy and a miscarriage occurs or injury to the unborn child occurs shall be guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than twenty (20) years.”
Before Thursday night, Hill had achieved major success as a Cowboy football player. He was named First-Team All-Big 12 by the Associated Press and was voted by conference coaches as Offensive Newcomer of the Year. But his most impressive accomplishment was a 92-yard punt return touchdown at OU that served as the turning point in the Cowboys’ 38-35 overtime victory on Saturday.
“It didn’t feel real at the time,” Hill told The Oklahoman postgame. “I was crying tears of joy. It didn’t feel real. It felt like I was floating.”
Well, it’s about to feel real if he faces jail time.
DCG
Just before 9:45 p.m. Thursday, Stillwater police were called to the emergency room. Her account of the events which led her to the hospital were recorded.
Shortly after 11 p.m., officers arrested Oklahoma State football player and sprinter Tyreek Hill at his apartment, 1012 Echo Mountain, on a felony complaint of domestic abuse by strangulation. Hill was formally charged Friday afternoon in Payne County court.
Coach Mike Gundy announced in an OSU communications press release about 6:30 p.m. Friday that Hill had been dismissed from the program. The full statement:
“Oklahoma State University does not tolerate domestic abuse or violence. Based on the evidence and the serious allegations that have been made, Head Football Coach Mike Gundy has announced that Tyreek Hill has been dismissed from the OSU football team. He also has been dismissed from the track team. The allegations are under investigation by Stillwater Police and by the OSU Office of Student Conduct. Those processes will proceed independently.”
As of late Friday, Hill, 20, posted bond and was released from jail. His next court appearance is set for Jan. 13 at 1:30 p.m. A judge ordered Hill to have no contact with the victim until further notice.
The narrative of what happened Thursday night at Hill’s residence — an apartment in the recently developed Aspen Heights neighborhood a few miles northeast of campus — was provided in an arrest report and probable cause affidavit filed in Payne County court.
The woman told police a verbal altercation escalated into Hill throwing her “like a rag doll.” She reported Hill punched her several times in the face and stomach. Hill allegedly put both hands around her neck, banged her head against the wall and threw her to the ground. He then reportedly picked the woman up by her hair and put her into a headlock. The woman says she cried, “Let me go, I can’t breathe,” several times before Hill relented.
Police reported injuries and bruising below her left eye, upper lip and all around her neck beneath her chin. She was treated and released from hospital care. The status of her unborn child, of whom she says Hill is the father, was not released. The woman told police that “this had happened before back in summer but she did not report it at the time.” She also said Hill has a “volatile temper and that he thought it was okay to punch and shake her.”
Police reported Hill was arrested without incident, but he remarked to officers that “he was being arrested for being black and she was white.” Now, Hill faces consequences from the criminal justice system and the university.
According to its Student Code of Conduct, OSU will “strongly recommend suspension or expulsion for students found responsible” for “physical violence of any nature against any person, on or off campus.” Offenses included within that category include: “fighting; assault; battery.”
Stillwater police report Hill faces one-to-three years of imprisonment and/or a $3,000 fine if found guilty of the domestic abuse by strangulation charge. However, pending the status of the woman’s unborn child, the legal consequences could be much worse.
Oklahoma law states any “person convicted of domestic abuse committed against a pregnant woman with knowledge of the pregnancy and a miscarriage occurs or injury to the unborn child occurs shall be guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than twenty (20) years.”
Before Thursday night, Hill had achieved major success as a Cowboy football player. He was named First-Team All-Big 12 by the Associated Press and was voted by conference coaches as Offensive Newcomer of the Year. But his most impressive accomplishment was a 92-yard punt return touchdown at OU that served as the turning point in the Cowboys’ 38-35 overtime victory on Saturday.
“It didn’t feel real at the time,” Hill told The Oklahoman postgame. “I was crying tears of joy. It didn’t feel real. It felt like I was floating.”
Well, it’s about to feel real if he faces jail time.
DCG
