As the Madison Police Department continues its investigation into Saturday morning's events, which ended in shots being fired outside of the Towers, 502 N. Frances St., UW-Madison students are beginning to paint a clearer picture of the altercation and the circumstances leading up to it.
Madison Police Department Public Information Officer Larry Kamholz said detectives are still actively engaged in the fact-finding process of the case.
\Our officers are out right now trying to get more information,"" he said.
According to a Towers resident and UW-Madison sophomore who asked not to be named in this article, the disturbance Saturday was not an isolated instance of violence for either group. The sophomore added that some of the participants in the incident were UW-Madison football players.
""What I was told by the people involved is that [Wednesday] night around 3 in the morning ... they were awoken to their mopeds being pushed over by some guys and [the Towers residents] went down there to stop them and I guess the guys tried to beat them up,"" she said.
After a brief fight, the people who had awakened the Towers residents drove away in a white Honda Accord, returning Saturday morning for the incident.
""I guess some of the football players involved threw rocks against the car,"" she said concerning the first event.
Steve Malchow, UW-Madison assistant athletics director who also oversees communications for the Athletic Department, said he was unaware of any involvement by UW-Madison athletes in the case, adding that the Athletic Department was not conducting an internal investigation.
""[The police] have not gotten ahold of us with any details of the investigation,"" he said. ""At this point we have not been brought into the situation. There was an incident on our campus. Period.""
Timothy Ayer, general manager of the Madison Inn, 601 Langdon St., said it was not uncommon for fights to break out in that portion of the State Street area. Sunday's altercation eventually ended in Madison Inn's underground garage.
""Bar time on Thursday, Friday and Saturday night, anyone familiar with Langdon Street would tell you it's not that uncommon for fighting to be happening on that street,"" he said, adding that he expected this event to raise awareness of the general issue. ""Neighborhood safety on a Big Ten campus is a big concern.\
