UWM Student Dies After Night of Heavy Drinking

A 23-year-old University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student died Sunday, a couple of days after he was taken to the hospital after he tumbled down 10 stairs after drinking heavily.

Shorewood police said Patrick Martin was partying and drinking whiskey and beer with four other friends at a home on the 3500 block of North Frederick Avenue at 3 a.m. Friday, when the group heard Martin fall down some stairs leading to the basement.

They rushed to his aid, pulled him to another room in the basement and called 911. He was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital where he was later ruled brain-dead, according to police.

Martin’s alcohol blood content was .268, however, police said Tuesday that a cause of death hasn’t been determined yet.

Martin’s parents were in Jamaica at the time of the incident and asked the hospital keep him alive until they could return home. On Sunday, they agreed to have his organs harvested.