Police: LSU freshman dies after 'potential hazing incident' at Phi Delta Theta fraternity

Maxwell Raymond Gruver, an 18-year-old freshman at Louisiana State University, died Thursday after what authorities are calling a "potential hazing incident" involving the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.

Gruver, a native of Roswell, Georgia, was taken from the fraternity on LSU's Baton Rouge campus to the Our Lady of the Lake Hospital on Thursday for a "medical emergency," school spokesman Ernie Ballard said in a news conference. Gruver was later pronounced dead.

Few details about the investigation were available early Friday morning, but authorities said they are looking into allegations that alcohol may have been a factor. An autopsy on Gruver is scheduled Friday, the East Baton Rouge coroner told Nola.com.

"There are allegations that Maxwell's death was related to hazing, but I want to emphasize that this is an evolving situation," LSU President F. King Alexander said in a news conference. "As we have continually warned over and over again, hazing is dangerous irresponsible and unacceptable, and it will not be tolerated at LSU, period."

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