Orange Police and Fire Departments arrived on campus 10 p.m. Friday night in response to a 21-year-old man who officers believed to be under the influence of controlled substances.
The man was transported by ambulance to a nearby hospital for 72-hour hold, said Sgt. Fred Lopez of the Orange Police Department (OPD). Students who witnessed the incident later identified the man as junior Maiki Kaneko. Sophomore film production major Eric Otten was hanging out with friends in the Davis apartment of junior resident adviser Anjali Thota when Kaneko began pounding on the door.
"I was about to leave when there was this pounding on the door and this Asian guy came bursting in," Otten said. "He kept hitting his wrists and saying, ‘I have AIDS, I have AIDS'."
Endsley Eggert, a sophomore broadcast journalism major who lives off campus, was also in the room when Kaneko, who she doesn't know, entered.
"This guy came in and he wasn't wearing a shirt – only boxers and jeans," Eggert said. "He kept tapping his wrist, saying, ‘This is it, I have AIDS'."
Otten said Thota instructed him to call Public Safety while she attempted to calm Kaneko down. She and four Public Safety officers escorted Kaneko back to his room and called the resident director. Otten said he watched from the window as Kaneko was carried out on a stretcher to an ambulance.
Kaneko's roommate, junior business major Kento Yokoi, said he hadn't seen Kaneko the night of the incident or since then.
"I wasn't here, I have no idea what happened," Yokoi said. "I've been trying to get in contact with him but I don't think he has his phone."
Jerry Price, vice chancellor for student affairs and dean of students, said he learned about the incident around 1 a.m. Saturday night by reading an email report.
"In a case like this, when the authorities come on campus, they call the shots," Price said. "His case is in the hands of the authorities … I have heard nothing about whether he was on something."
Price said the report indicated no other students had been put in danger as a result of the incident. Public Safety declined to provide information about the incident until a report is approved within the next week.
Julien Solomita contributed to the reporting of this story.
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