
A Pennsylvania male deals with costs for presumably offering alcohol to a minor baseball follower that was seriously harmed in a 20-foot autumn at PNC Park in Pittsburgh last month.
The follower, 20-year-old Kavan Markwood, dropped from the bleachers onto the area throughout the 7th inning of the Pirates-Cubs video game on April 20, authorities claimed. He apparently consumed 2 beers inside the arena, according to a criminal problem.
Ethan Kirkwood, 21, of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, currently deals with criminal costs for presumably offering the alcohol, Pennsylvania State Cops claimed Tuesday.
He has actually been billed with 2 matters of offering or equipping alcohol to a small, court documents reveal. ABC Information has actually connected to Kirkwood for remark however has actually not obtained a feedback.
Cops assessed invoices and video clip footage from PNC Park that revealed Kirkwood acquired 2 24-ounce containers of Miller Lite soon prior to 7 p.m. at the April 20 video game, according to the problem.
He is after that seen on the video clip ignoring bench location with Markwood and 2 females, with both guys holding a can, according to the problem.
Over an hour later on, Kirkwood is seen strolling to bench location and afterwards strolling to the seated location of the ball park holding 2 containers of alcohol, according to the problem.

A follower is hauled off the area after dropping from the stands throughout the 7th inning of the video game in between the Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park on April 30, 2025 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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After Markwood dropped from the bleachers, Kirkwood “is after that seen handing a container to a lady that tosses it in the garbage and leaping over a barrier and afterwards got on the area to aid his close friend,” the problem states.
In meetings with cops adhering to the case, Markwood’s sweetheart claimed the 20-year-old consumed 2 beers inside the park, and Kirkwood presumably confessed to acquiring the alcohol, according to the problem.
An initial hearing in case has actually been set up for June 23.
Markwood is gradually recouping and took his primary steps because the autumn previously this month, according to his sweetheart’s mom.
” He still has a lengthy method to go– he’s handling a busted neck, clavicle, and back so there are a lot of challenges in advance,” his sweetheart’s mother, Jennifer Phillips, composed on his GoFundMe web page on Might 6. “Yet he’s revealing genuine stamina, and we’re remaining confident for a smooth recuperation.”
The Pittsburgh Division of Public Safety and security claimed the “case is being dealt with as unexpected.”
Amy Thompson, that was resting beside Markwood at the video game, informed Pittsburgh ABC associate WTAE, “As he leapt out of his seat to commemorate, it showed up that he had his hands on the fence front people, which I had actually done a number of times throughout the video game, too. I assume the energy from him raising in his seat and the method he got the rail simply felt like he catapulted himself over the barrier.”