UC Irvine is investigating the death of a freshman student, following the suspension of his fraternity, Los Angeles Times reports.
Noah Domingo, 18, died after an off-campus party early Saturday. UC Irvine says it cannot release details about Domingo’s death because of the investigation. Sigma Alpha Epsilon, the fraternity to which Domingo belonged and the fraternity hosting the party he attended Friday night, was suspended and ordered to cease all activities immediately.
The official cause of Domingo’s death is not yet known. The Orange County coroner’s office is conducting an autopsy and preparing a toxicology report to determine the cause of his death. Dale Domingo, Noah’s father, says officials have not told him how his son died.
According to fellow fraternity member Ryan Lee, Domingo attended a party at the house of a fraternity brother on Friday night. Lee left the party, but Domingo stayed. Police found Domingo the next morning, around 9:30 a.m., in a bed in a house in the Turtle Rock Neighborhood.
Friends and family describe Domingo as
“Noah wasn’t one of those kids,” Schilling told the Los Angeles Times. “He didn’t have time to be messing around.”
Domingo played both basketball and football. The youngest of three children, he followed his older sister Briana (20) to UC Irvine in the fall. His sister says last week he was working hard to get ahead on his second quarter course work. His dream was to pursue a career in sports medicine for basketball players.
“Unfortunately now, those are just dreams,” Dale Domingo told the Los Angeles Times. “He’s probably one of the sweetest kids, one of the nicest kids — willing to help out with anything.”
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