Investigation Into Tragedy Underway…
KINGSVILLE, Texas — Police say a Texas A&M University-Kingsville freshman baseball player has been found dead in the stairwell of an off-campus apartment building.
An autopsy has been ordered on 18-year-old pitcher Travis Madden of Inez, Texas.
Kingsville police responded to a call about 9 a.m. Sunday at an apartment complex about a block from campus. Police are investigating reports that Madden had attended a party and was last seen walking back to his dormitory.
Further details on the investigation were not immediately released.
Madden was a chemical engineering major who had just completed his first season of fall baseball.
A&M-Kingsville baseball coach Jason Gonzales on Sunday afternoon held a team meeting to let players know of the death.
Kingsville, Texas is located just south of Corpus Christi near the Texas Gulf Coast.
(AP and staff report)