University Police closed the first floor of North Hall for about six hours Wednesday after a student attempted suicide.
Officers responded to a call at 12:12 p.m. indicating a man had been stabbed in the neck. He was found in the shower, and paramedics brought him to Shands at UF, Maj. Brad Barber said. Barber added he could not comment on the condition of the student, whose name was not released due to the sensitivity of the circumstance.
Officers originally believed someone attacked the student, but after interviews with people at the scene, UPD concluded he tried to take his own life, Barber said. The department doesn't expect to file any criminal charges.
One student said when he went to take a shower around 10 a.m. Wednesday, the bathroom floor was flooded when he walked in and another shower was running. When he later left the bathroom, the water was still running, but he merely thought it odd, not dangerous. He did not look in the stall.
Police cars and a forensics truck spent the afternoon parked in front of the dorm, which is located on Stadium Road next to Gator Corner Dining Center.
Students crowded on the lawn by one of the dorm's entrances, many of them asking each other what happened.
Few people seemed to know.
Police officers and Department of Housing and Residence Education officials would only say someone was injured.
Officers roped off both entrances to the hall with caution tape, and students who live on the floor were unable to go inside to grab books or notes they needed for classes. Keegan Delanoy, a 19-year-old mechanical engineering freshman, had to show up to his Calculus 2 and Computer Aided Graphics and Design classes unprepared.
The first floor was re-opened at 6:15 p.m.
UPD officer John Savona stands behind police tape at North Hall where a student attempted suicide on Wednesday afternoon, according to police.
