A freshman at Ohio University was found dead inside his dorm room in Athens on Monday afternoon, and campus police say the case remains under investigation with no threat to the surrounding community. Officers identified the student as Mason Bohm, who lived in McDavis Hall, the university's largest residence hall.
Ohio University police were called to McDavis Hall around 4:30 p.m. Monday, according to whio.com. Officers are investigating what they described as an “unattended death” of a person found inside the hall, as reported by fox8.com. Police identified the person as Mason Bohm, though no additional details about the circumstances of his death were given.
Bohm was a freshman within the Russ College of Engineering and Technology, according to the same report. Police said there is no threat to the safety of students or the outside community, language that has been echoed across multiple local outlets covering the case, including WKEF.
Investigation Still Early, Details Limited
As of Tuesday, investigators said they were not able to release additional details at this time, per myfox28columbus.com. Police have not said what caused Bohm's death, and no further information has been released about the circumstances surrounding it.
Investigators are asking anyone who may have recently been in contact with Bohm to call 740-593-1911, the article notes. The request suggests police are still working to piece together his final hours before he was found unresponsive inside the residence hall.
A Dorm at the Center of Campus Life
McDavis Hall is home to 591 first-year and returning students, making it Ohio University's largest residence hall, according to the same report. The dorm sits at the heart of a campus that houses thousands of students each fall, and news of a death inside one of its rooms has rattled the close-knit university community in Athens.
For now, university police continue to treat the case as an active investigation while maintaining that there is no broader danger to students or Athens residents. No further updates on Bohm's death had been released at the time of these reports.
