US EditionThree Fraternity Members Arrested After NAU Student Dies
Three fraternity leaders face hazing charges after an 18-year-old NAU student died at an off-campus rush event involving alcohol consumption, police reported.
- On Feb. 1, 2026, three members of Delta Tau Delta were taken into custody after an 18-year-old Northern Arizona University student died Saturday morning in Flagstaff, police and news reports said.
- Police say the rush event on Friday night involved alcohol consumption by several people, including pledge candidates at the Delta Tau Delta 'rush' event.
- Officers reached the home around 8:45 a.m. Saturday to find the 18-year-old not breathing with bystanders performing CPR, and paramedics continued life-saving measures but the student was pronounced dead at the residence on South Pine Grove Road.
- The university and fraternity officials said they are reviewing the incident and cooperating with police; Northern Arizona University announced interim suspension Jan. 31, and Delta Tau Delta's national office barred the chapter Feb. 1.
- The Coconino County Medical Examiner will determine the student's cause and manner of death, Arizona's 2022 anti-hazing law classifies hazing deaths as a class 4 felony, and the three arrested students are expected back in court on Feb. 19, 2026.
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An 18-year-old student died after participating in a fraternity event near the campus of the University of Northern Arizona
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An Arizona college student is dead, and three others have been arrested after attending an off-campus fraternity event last weekend. Officers were called to the scene at around 8:45 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 31, after receiving reports of an 18-year-old male student of Northern Arizona University (NAU) who was "found unresponsive" at a house on South Pine Grove Road in Flagstaff, the Flagstaff Police Department said in a statement. "Bystanders insi…
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