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Police: Two other Grizzlies players with Strong during assault
MISSOULA — The two other people who were with Montana football player Justin Strong during an assault in Pullman, Washington, over the weekend are Griz football players, Pullman police chief Gary Jenkins confirmed Thursday evening.
"We are not releasing their names, but they are Univ of Montana football players," Jenkins wrote in an email.
No charges have been filed against Strong, who was released after being booked for involvement in a second-degree assault, a felony in Washington.
Jenkins also said the University of Montana Police Department is assisting the Pullman Police Department with interviews of "witnesses and persons of interest" who attend the University of Montana. The investigation continues.
It is unknown at this time if Montana's Athlete Conduct Team is looking into preliminary action against the other two football players.
The victim of the assault, Bradley "Wyatt" Meyring, has been released from the hospital as well, Jenkins said, though he was unsure of what day Meyring was discharged. The Spokesman-Review newspaper in Spokane reported he was released Tuesday.
Strong is suspended for Montana's next two games against Weber State and Northern Arizona.
Strong told police he was breaking up a fight at a house party and later hit Meyring — a hammer thrower for Washington State — because Meyring hit him first. Strong, according to the police report, had a cut lip and a swollen right eye.
Police were dispatched Saturday to a dispute in Pullman's College Hill neighborhood after a caller reported a "group of guys beating up an unconscious male."
Multiple witnesses have differing accounts of the incident.
Meyring suffered a fractured skull and a hematoma and was flown out of Pullman to Spokane Saturday morning for additional medical care.
Strong was arrested Saturday morning following the assault and was booked into Whitman County Jail in Colfax, Washington. His bail was set at $50,000 via telephonic hearing, but he was released on his own recognizance on Monday morning.
Since Strong — Montana's starting free safety, who leads the team in interceptions — has not yet been charged, the Athlete Conduct Team is in charge of determining preliminary action, in this case the two-game suspension.
If charges are filed, athletes facing felony charges are on indefinite suspension pending the outcome of criminal proceedings and further disciplinary action by the ACT. The penalty for a first-offense Category I violation — for the most serious offenses — is dismissal from the team.