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LISTEN: Presumed victim calls Norman 911 after alleged robbery, assault

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John E. Hoover

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The presumed victim of an alleged assault and robbery on Thursday night called Norman 911 apparently bleeding from the head but able to ascertain that his purported assailants included two University of Oklahoma football players.

In a call (first reported by the Tulsa World) that contains graphic language, the unidentified caller tells Norman 911 dispatch that the perpetrators probably “wanted either weed or money from me,” said one had “a Glock 19 with an extended clip” and claimed his AR-15 pistol was stolen as well.

Norman PD Capt. Brent Barbour told SI Sooners on Friday that designer shoes and a camera were also involved.

“They just, like, ransacked my room,” the caller claims.

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When the operator asks if the alleged assailants injured him, the caller, clearly in distress, says, “I got jumped! I got beat up and hit with guns and s---! Yes.”

In archived police scanner audio of the incident, the radio dispatcher describes “a male victim bleeding from the head after being pistol-whipped.” 

After the 911 operator asks if he wants an ambulance, he says, “No, I can’t — I cannot afford that. No.”

OU’s athletic department released a statement to SI Sooners last Friday confirming that two student-athletes had been suspended indefinitely pending the outcome of the investigation.

“We are aware of a matter that may involve OU student-athletes and are monitoring the situation closely,” the statement reads. “The student-athletes in question have been suspended pending the outcome of an ongoing investigation. We have no other information to share at this time.”

A source at the university confirmed the identities of the student-athletes in question were football players Trejan Bridges and Seth McGowan.

Investigators on scene also identified Bridges and McGowan as alleged suspects, according to the police scanner.

Barbour told SI Sooners on Monday morning that there was no new information available and didn't expect anything new before midweek.

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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