A UF student died Monday morning of unknown causes.
Stephen C. Speck’s roommate tried to wake him in their dorm room at Rawlings Hall and performed CPR when he saw Speck, 19, in distress.
University Police and emergency medical services were notified at 8:46 a.m. They arrived three minutes later.
EMS also performed CPR on Speck before they took him to Shands at UF. He died at 9:26 a.m.
“We are treating this incident, as any unattended death, as a death investigation,” UPD spokesman Brad Barber said. “But at this point we do not have any indication that this was anything other than a medical-related incident.”
His friends view his death as a tragedy. They showed their love on his Facebook wall Monday.
An Oviedo resident, Speck was chosen to play clarinet in the 2006-2007 Seminole All-County Band.
He continued to play in high school.
Speck became an Eagle Scout on June 14, 2009 with Troop No. 613, according to a newsletter from the Central Florida Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
Contact Ben Brasch at bbrasch@alligator.org.
