Police are seeking charges against junior defensive back Derrick Hunter, 21, and a 23-year-old male resident of the apartment, police said.
EMU athletics spokesman Jim Streeter was not aware of the incident, but said he would look into it. Streeter said first-year coach Ron English was out of the office.
A 57-year-old man, who lives in a nearby apartment, woke up about 8:45 p.m. after a “loud bang” to find a bullet and bullet hole in his wall, a police incident log says.
Maintenance workers let officers into Hunter’s apartment, where they found narcotics and other items in “plain view,” the log said.
As officers waited to obtain a search warrant, Hunter returned home, telling them that “a female that he met at a party was playing with a firearm,” according to the log.
Hunter said she “caused it to fire a single round into the bed and through the wall,” the log said.
Investigators executed a search warrant and seized drugs and drug paraphernalia from the apartment in the road’s 1900 block, according to the log.
It’s unclear what drugs were allegedly found. AnnArbor.com requested a copy of the police report from the department’s records division this morning, but was told it has not been completed.
Officers found the gun in the trunk of Hunter’s vehicle after he gave them consent to search it, the log said.
Hunter owned the gun and had proper paperwork for it, according to the log.
He was released as officers seek charges, the log said.
Hunter missed last season with an injury. He started 10 games for the Eagles in 2007, according to the university's athletics Web site.
Lee Higgins covers police and courts for AnnArbor.com. You can reach him by phone at (734) 623-2527 or email at leehiggins@annarbor.com.
Jeff Arnold of AnnArbor.com contributed to this report.
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