The fatal incident occurred at the Mountain Lion Fieldhouse on the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs campus around 9:30 a.m. Sunday morning.

The man, who was watching in the audience at the UCCS fieldhouse, died when a hammer weight thrown by a participant cleared “certified barriers” and struck him.

Chancellor has spoken out in the wake of a spectator losing his life when an athlete flung a hammer into the crowd during a high school track and field