Nevada player beaten unconscious at party kicked off team

Groth said they were trying to determine if any other basketball players had attended the party but that Hanson was "the only one I know of at this point in time."

Fox indicated earlier that some of his other players may have been at the party before the fight broke out but did not address that Tuesday night. Groth said she did not know if that was true, but if it was, they too would be in violation of the policy.

"We're trying to get all the facts right now. So I don't want to answer that without the facts," she said.

Saili Manu and Samisone Taukitoku, both 19 of Reno, were arrested on suspicion of robbery, assault with a deadly weapon and brandishing a firearm. Their bail was set at $500,000 each.

Police said they may also be charged with the deaths of Derek Jensen, 23, Reno, a senior at the University of Nevada, Reno; former UNR student Nathan Viljoen, 23; and Charles Kelly, 21.

Detectives also are looking for a "person of interest" who left the scene separately.

Police said Hanson was arguing with Taukitoku, who had bumped him in an area where people were dancing. Taukitoku and Manu allegedly beat Hanson unconscious and stole his wallet and belongings, police said, Taukitoku and Manu both had pistols, police said.

Viljoen was shot in the kitchen, Jensen was shot in the driveway and Kelly was found in the backyard.

It was unknown whether Manu and Taukitoku knew Hanson or anyone at the party, police said. Two of their 16-year-old relatives who crashed the party with them were booked Sunday into the Jan Evans Juvenile Detention Center for curfew and drinking violations. Police said the incident was not gang-related.

"It's tragic, it really is," Police Lt. Robert McDonald told the Reno Gazette-Journal. "These people were killed for no reason."

McDonald said more witnesses who have "pieces to the puzzle" need to come forward.

"You don't go to a party thinking that you'll get shot and killed," McDonald said. "Why would anyone even bring a gun to a party?"

Scott Jensen said his son, Derek, and another UNR student were able to get one of the men out of the house after he shot someone in the kitchen.

"Derek was not out of control, far from it," Scott Jensen told the Gazette-Journal. "The problem wasn't the party or the kids. It was the people who showed up with guns."

Megan Records, Derek's girlfriend, said most the partygoers were college students.

"This was not a teen house party," she said. "The wrong people were showing up, like football and basketball players."

"We were going to leave, but he had to be a damn hero," she said Monday as she clutched her boyfriend's Los Angeles Dodgers T-shirt and sobbed.