After the recent unexplained death of Buffalo State College student Bradley Doyley, authorities are looking into whether or not the incident could be related to fraternity hazing, according to the Huffington Post.
Doyley was pledging the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity when he was rushed to Buffalo General Hospital on Jan. 29, where he later died. He was allegedly forced to drink a “toxic” cocktail, according to the Huffington Post, and his family believes the drink contributed to his death.
“He was throwing up blood,” a family friend, Michael Panton, told the New York Daily News.
Doyley’s death comes as a shock to his family, who were proud of his accomplishments. He played on Buffalo State’s basketball team and was supposed to graduate with a business major this spring.
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— SUNY Buffalo State (@buffalostate) February 20, 2016
“He had a great spirit. We still considered him part of our family,” Fajri Ansari, the head basketball coach at Buffalo State, told WABC. “He was a great teammate.”
“His parents are devastated, his sister is broken, his brother is hurt,” according to Doyley’s cousin Marsha Green. “He was their baby, he had such a bright future. No one was expecting this.
The fraternity has been suspended while authorities investigate these hazing allegations.