Does anyone want to be forthcoming on what's going on? Anyone? Cuz you got to see it from my perspective. What the did I just walk into? >> Leesburg firefighters responded to the Alpha Delta 5 fraternity house after a fire alarm went off. >> Who is in charge of this house? >> Who the hell are you? >> Hey guys, what's going on here? >> What's going on? >> While downstairs checking the fire alarm, officers stumble upon a fraternity hazing situation. >> Send help. >> Yeah, we'll definitely need 133 here. >> This is the alarm here. >> All right, who's in charge? Looks like we have quite a bit of hazing. So, I'm asking again, who's in charge? >> Um we can talk upstairs. >> No, we're going to talk right here. Who's in charge? >> Um a couple of us are. >> I mean, I don't know. >> I don't >> Yeah. >> I don't have to tell you. >> Okay, well, we need to find someone who's in charge cuz this is ridiculous. Hey, this stops here, guys. This is the police department. This stops here. Who's in charge? >> We're upstairs. >> How about we stop we start cleaning this up? Everyone take their blindfolds off. >> I've already given multiple uh commands to clear the room and get out of here, but no one's moving. Really they're taking this place serious. >> I guess. [clears throat] >> You in charge? >> You said >> Still haven't found out who's in charge? >> Mhm. I'm going to ask for house dad. >> Where's he at? >> Summit. Working at Summit. >> Summit, that's cool. >> So uh >> So >> You guys want me to come here? >> Yeah, give me 10 minutes he's coming. >> Okay, cool. Yeah. >> Definitely figure out why you wouldn't let me pass you initially. >> Questionable. >> Yeah. >> I get it. >> Uh I would probably be calling your house dad or whoever to get him here since ultimately he's probably in charge, right? Unless someone else is in charge. >> I don't I don't know if he has his number. >> Yeah, that's what I was thinking. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Do you guys know how the fire alarm you guys set off was it just from >> It's manual. >> Goes off. >> So is this the only this one in the hallway here? How it got set off I'm not sure. >> I don't think it was down here. It's upstairs. >> I can tell you it was this one who's up. >> Yeah. >> I don't know where you're supposed to stay. >> Wait. You guys had to do this too, huh? >> No. >> I don't know. This is >> I mean, it's not like you guys didn't know there was 15, 20 people down in your basement. I'm not that dumb. >> I'm getting a little frustrated that no one's telling me who's in charge of what's going on right here. >> out, but I'm not in charge. >> Who lives here? >> Yeah, I'd like to help you, but I'm not in charge. >> Yeah. >> I mean, we asked you about your house dad. >> I don't know who's in charge. >> How do you not How do you not have his number? >> know who lives here. >> Okay, and what are you doing here? >> He He's a living goes upstairs. >> Oh, so you do live here? >> No, I don't. >> Yeah. Well, he's your buddy here saying different. >> So, my name is Nick Carlson, University of Iowa Police Department. Who's in charge of the house? >> Our house dad, that's Summit. >> Hey, we need him now. >> He's at Summit. >> Okay, can we get in contact with him? >> Here's [snorts] the deal, from what I'm being told, this is like shutting down chapter type stuff. I need to start talking now. >> It's 1:00. >> Yeah, that's fine. I need to talk to people. >> You can call Summit. >> Can I call Summit? >> Yeah. >> I'm not calling Summit. >> I have no contact with Summit. >> You're not being very helpful. >> Nobody in here has any way to contact the guy that's in charge of this house. This is all going in our reporting. So, we're only making the situation that much worse. >> I have no contact. >> Okay, we need to find somebody that does. >> No one does. It's the house dad. >> Aren't you all Aren't you all supposed to have contact with him? >> I never said that. >> What's his name? >> Eric. >> Eric, do you know his last name? We have a couple different code violations. >> So, what's going on in there? >> Well, now you're just blocking the door so we can't see what's up here. I just know who lives in the room. >> Just hanging out? >> Don't tell me. >> No, don't tell me. >> I don't know. >> You go to University of Iowa? >> Yeah. >> You do? What's your major? >> Business. >> Business? What's your name? >> Why? >> I want to know what your name is. >> Jose. >> Jose? Jose, what's your last name? >> Why? >> I want to know who I'm talking to. >> I don't want to tell you that. >> Huh? >> I don't want to tell you that. >> Okay. How old are you? >> 21. >> All right. Do you have an ID or anything to prove >> I think it's fake. >> Huh? >> I think it's fake. >> You think it's fake? You think it's fake or you know it's fake? There's two different two different things there. Can you give us 142 one by deal number at Iowa when you're ready? >> My name is Esteban Jose. I go by Jose. >> I mean, there's obvious people named Jose all over the world. >> I'll step inside. >> Okay. >> Is anyone in here that needs medical attention? Is anyone here that is against their will? Is there anyone here who is not participating in this? I.E. a leader. >> Is there anyone with any sort of physical injury? >> No. >> What's all over you guys? >> This is water. >> This is water? What's on that dude's tie? >> I'm not sure if someone >> You, come here. >> I'm going to need a place. I'm going to need a place. >> No, you're going to stand right over there. >> Why? >> Cuz I'm telling you to. >> It's my house. >> It's your house? You're responsible for everything that happened today. So, okay. Check in right there. You know against the wall. Come over here. You're going to stand there. You're going to stand with your buddy over here. No again. Take these two. Ask them questions about what's going on on their arms. So, are you responsible for that? No. Okay, who's the house dad? >> I just told you you were except >> I told him. >> Go there. >> What was his name? >> Eric. >> I told you. >> Why you asking me? >> Cuz it sounds like you're responsible for the house. >> No. >> Sounds like you have something some idea of what's going on. >> No. >> And not very forthcoming with everything. >> I bet you ask the house dad. >> Who are we trying to get hold of? >> Eric. >> Who called? >> The police. >> Stay right there. Do you guys got ID's on you? >> Yes, sir. >> Let's take a look at them. Step back. I don't know what you're doing. Step back up. >> property. I can stay here. >> Yeah, but right now we're investigating something that's going on. >> What's something going on? >> Does anyone want to be forthcoming on what's going on? Anything. Cuz you got to see it from my perspective. What the did I just walk into? >> Celebration. >> No way. Celebration of what? >> Life. >> Okay, sweet. Hey, you two. Free life for you guys to stand. We're here for public safety at this point. What's on your arms? >> Oh. >> I was driving. Where are you guys going now? 127, can I get you back down here? What's on your neck? >> I don't know. I can't see. >> That looks like blood. Is that shining your light? Is it blood? >> That's what I'm asking. >> Want to taste it? >> No. >> Okay. >> Do you see why we're here? Why we're asking questions? >> I don't know. You got the wrong guy. >> I was going to ask those guys questions and then they told them all to start heading out. >> What's up? >> I was going to ask those two guys questions, but then they all started following out. >> They walked out first. >> No, they just left. I stopped them, but he was >> Misunderstood. Did you pull these guys out? >> No. They I went to go talk to those guys and then they started coming out. >> Why did we come out? Cuz I said that. So they should come out. >> You said it? >> I did. >> So you're in charge? I know you said you're not in charge. >> I'm not in charge. >> Okay. You president? >> Yes. >> You're the secretary? >> Yes. >> The officers finally speak to the fraternity president. >> I'm going to tell you first and foremost um I'm a little frustrated. But we're going to get through it, okay? What's going on tonight? >> It's it's their lead-up to initiation. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Um What's what's the deal with what what are we doing in the basement? >> Um they're it's basically a ritual where they're blindfolded. >> Okay. >> And get messed with. >> Okay. So the entire time that we've been here, which has now been I think 15, 20 minutes. We've been demanding to speak to somebody in charge. >> Mhm. >> Where nobody knows you apparently in the house. >> Okay. >> Nobody knows who's in charge. Like here's the deal. We have a hazing event, right? We're going to do a report because we responded to a fire alarm. >> Mhm. >> Which we were trying to get people to evacuate because of a fire alarm. From my understanding, you guys refused to evacuate from a fire alarm. >> Mhm. >> After an officer is ordering everybody to vacate the premise. >> Mhm. >> [clears throat] >> And then on top of that, we find this hazing event. We want to speak to somebody. >> Mhm. >> Nobody knows anything. Nobody knows anyone. Nobody knows what's going on. This is going in a report. I see this. >> Okay. >> And with the stuff going around across the country, students dying from hazing events. I'm not saying it's that level. >> Mhm. >> It's not. >> I'm not saying any but the university has a very, very strict policy >> Yeah. >> on hazing. >> Mhm. >> If I can't talk to people and if people aren't going to cooperate with me, >> Mhm. >> that's their right. They don't have to speak to me. However, that means only my observations are going to go into this report. And [snorts] I'm telling you right now, it's going to look worse than if people can kind of explain to us what's going on, right? Cuz then I can at least put your guys' side of the story in it as well. >> Mhm. >> So, I guess I want to know what we got going on. Like um you're saying it's a ritual prior to initiation. >> Yes. >> Okay. Um I guess I'm asking for some cooperation and some coordination with your people here. So, just like tell your people like, "Hey, if that's what people need to do, just politely tell us that, right?" >> Mhm. >> So, I guess I'm looking for you to kind of be a leader here and help us out a little bit and start trying to keep everybody in line, okay? >> Okay. Let's go back inside. >> All right. >> Um >> I just want to let you know if we can get that guy out of there, want to coordinate some way to make sure that there's no injuries. There's nothing. >> Where did Which guy? President. Yeah. >> I just talked to him and I told him I just talked to him and I told him I said [ __ ] I told him you got to >> It's your guys' house. However, if the supervisor of the house, president, says he is not welcome here, then I'm going to escort him off property. >> Okay. If he refuses that then he's going to be arrested. >> Yeah, we'll we'll walk him out. >> Okay. >> I would take care of that because the longer he stays here, I mean he's he's getting close to being arrested.