Teen takes life in hotel after prom...

Teen takes life in hotel after prom

A Huntington Beach High School student committed suicide Friday

night at a hotel party following his high school prom, officials

said.

Christopher Davidson, 18, was with his 16-year-old girlfriend and

about 100 other students at a party at the Residence Inn in the 800

block of W. Baker Street in Costa Mesa, Costa Mesa Police Lt. John

FitzPatrick said. Following a fight with his girlfriend and friends,

Davidson locked himself in the bathroom.

“Somebody poured beer on him and some sort of altercation took

place in the courtyard, then he went into his hotel room,”

FitzPatrick said.

His girlfriend told police that she thought he had gone in to

clean up, but grew concerned when he didn’t return.

Friends later kicked open the door and found that Davidson had

hung himself.

“He had some issues and had been depressed,” FitzPatrick said. “He

was on antidepressants.”

FitzPatrick said he did not know if Davidson had been drinking or

what kind of antidepressants he had been prescribed. Some types of

antidepressants have been linked to an increased risk of suicide.

Parents rented 11 rooms for students at the hotel, FitzPatrick

said. Some were reportedly drinking and possibly doing drugs, he

said.

“We need to be vigilant of the activities we are condoning,” he

said. “Teenagers tend to push the edge of the envelope anyway.”

Shots reported fired in neighborhood

Heil Avenue residents were awakened by gunfire early Friday

morning.

Police received multiple calls from residents about the gunshots

at 2:49 a.m. No one was injured. Police confirmed shots were fired

when they found shell casings on the ground and saw that car windows

and tires had ben shot out, Sgt. Dave Bunetta said.

Police have only sketchy information on the crime . Based on calls

to police, as many as eight rounds may have been fired. No

description of the shooter or motive for the crime are available. The

suspect may have been in a gray BMW, and a resident reported hearing

screeching tires after the shooting, police said.

Argument grows into alleged assault

A local man was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly

weapon after reportedly hitting another man over the head with a

glass bottle at a restaurant.

The attack was reported at 11:55 p.m. Friday at Crabby Kenny’s on

Main Street, police said. Police believe Edward C. Barela, 35, of

Huntington Beach attacked Silvio Bolanos, 35, of Irvine after an

argument became violent. Police believe the confrontation between the

men erupted after Bolanos had a conversation with Barela’s sister.

Police arrested Barela, Sgt. Dave Bunetta said. Bolanos suffered

injuries described as serious but not life threatening, and was

treated and released at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach.

Hearing delayed for murder suspect

The arraignment for murder suspect John Steadman Nilsen has been

continued for the second time. The proceeding was rescheduled for

June 24.

Nilsen is also charged with armed robbery, and was arrested in

March on suspicion of killing Shawna Wolfgram, a 19-year-old clerk,

during a hold up at the 99 Cents Only Store on Beach Boulevard in

January.