Details surrounding Gerald Green’s hospitalization are starting to emerge.
The Miami Heat announced on Wednesday that Green had been “admitted into the hospital,” but did not provide any additional context. By Thursday night, however, more information was available.
According to USA Today‘s Jeff Zillgitt, Green was unconscious and bleeding at the time of the 911 call:
Miami Heat guard Gerald Green had “passed out” and was “bleeding” at a condominium complex, according to a 911 call.
The caller said Green was breathing but unconscious as a 911 operator provided assistance and sent emergency personnel to the complex.
Green was hospitalized with an undisclosed illness, and in a statement, the Heat said, “Right now our concerns are with Gerald and we have no further comment at this time.”
At the Heat’s Thursday morning shootaround in Minneapolis, Coach Erik Spoelstra told reporters he is happy Green is OK but said that’s all the Heat will say.
TMZ apparently obtained audio of the call, the contents of which only add to the severity and mystery of the entire situation:
We obtained the call … made Wednesday morning … in which the caller tells 911, “I have a resident that just passed out. He’s bleeding. He just passed out right now.”
The operator informs the caller that help is on the way — and gives instructions on how to treat Green until emergency personnel arrives.
The nature of Green’s illness is still unclear — but as we previously reported, multiple people at the complex tell us they saw him acting strange in the lobby and screaming from the top of his lungs.
To that final point, Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald heard the following:
Green, 29, was not arrested, according to the city of Miami police department.
Police call logs show that police were summoned to the Marquis Residences Condominium, at 1100 Biscayne Blvd., at 10:46 a.m. Wednesday because of a “male down.”
According to a source, Miami-Dade Fire and Rescue requested assistance because of a “combative patient” at that address, where Green lives.
Police assisted but did not write up a report, and nobody was arrested at the condominium, according to a police department source. . . .
Heat guard Mario Chalmers, who lives nearby, was at the scene, tried to help and accompanied Green in the ambulance to the hospital, according to TMZ.
The Herald has confirmed that Chalmers was with Green at the hospital on Wednesday afternoon.
This is clearly a sensitive situation, one you can bet isn’t even close to in the rear view.
Hopefully Green is OK. Beyond that, we don’t really know what happened and will have to wait for even more context before forming any concrete opinions.
