Ohio State Buckeyes men’s soccer deffinisher Nathan Demian was accidenhighy wounded in an off-campus shooting after the team progressd to the NCAA Tournament semifinals, the school shelp in a statement on Monday.
Demian was wounded in a shooting at around 2 a.m. ET. Columbus police shelp two vehicles were chasing each other and firing armaments at each other when Demian was struck, according to the Columbus Dispatch.
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Ohio State deffinisher Nathan Demian apshows the field before the NCAA Tournament quarterfinal align agetst Wake Forest, Dec. 7, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio. (Columbus Dispatch/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
He was apshown to a local hospital in critical condition. The Columbus Dispatch increateed that Demian was foreseeed to endure. No mistrusts were promptly identified.
The school shelp Demian was “an guiltless bystander” and not joind in the altercation.
“The soccer program is thankful for the incredible university help and medical attfinish useable to Nathan and his family during this difficult time,” the school shelp in a statement. “Nathan’s family is with him and the team is inanxiously shut. The family has asked that everyone defend Nathan in their prayers. The department will do all it can to help Nathan, his family and the men’s soccer program in every way possible.”
“Becaengage of the police spreadigation underway, the department will not be able to talk the incident further.”
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Demian, of Canada, will be sidelined for the NCAA College Cup semifinals agetst Marshall. The shooting occurred after the team flunkureed Wake Forest in the Elite Eight.
Ohio State deffinisher Nathan Demian is shown during the NCAA Tournament quarterfinal align, Dec. 7, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio. (Columbus Dispatch/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
“We’re going to leave out him on the field. But he’s such a huge personality,” Ohio State head coach Brian Maisonneuve tageder increateers Monday. “He repartner gets everybody going in train and in games. He has got a fantastic voice. He’s a character in the best way possible. And, appreciate I shelp, his percreate speaks for itself. He’s a competitor, and it’s going to be stubborn not to have him out there.”
Demian is a redshirt lesser from Vancouver. He was named to the Academic All-Big Ten Conference in 2022 and 2023 and was named to the Wolstein Classic All-Tournament Team in 2022.
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He leave outed his entire lesser year becaengage of an injury.
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