If it wasn't bad enough that Urban Meyer has to figure out what to do against the Cal Bears attack, but there were shots fired at the team's hotel!
Thankfully the incident occurred before the team arrived so no one was ever in any danger, but it is still a little disconcerting to the players and fans--or at least the parents of the players--to know that there was gun play in front of the team hotel not too long before the team arrived.
Tim May reported in the Columbus Dispatch:
As I stood with several Columbus television reporters and cameramen at the side entrance to the hotel, several shots – at least eight – rang out from around the corner near the main entrance. Seconds later a young man moving briskly and with his right hand clutching something in the area of his belt, ran past us and down the side street.
Apparently two men had engaged in a gun fight, and according to witnesses, neither of them was hit. But a cab driver on station at the hotel was struck in the leg by one of the bullets. He was transported to the hospital but appeared to be in good condition otherwise.
He went on to say that the police responded fairly quick and had one suspect in custody as of 4:15 pm, but the other was still at large.
Oakland, where the team is staying, does not have the best of reputations when it comes to crime, but the hotel is one that several professional and college teams are known to stay at so it must not be in too bad a neighborhood!
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