Overview
- Brian Hickerson was handcuffed and briefly detained outside Wild Wing Cafe after an altercation on Saturday night and was released without charges while his brother Zach was arrested for disorderly conduct.
- Video and witness reports show Brian picking up and flinging a bar stool during the argument and later being carried out of the restaurant by other patrons.
- The Drug Enforcement Administration has joined local investigators and is reported to be pursuing leads on a possible drug supplier as part of the probe into Panettiere’s Aug. 16 death.
- Zach Hickerson has said Brian administered Narcan after finding Hayden Panettiere unresponsive on Aug. 16 and both men have spoken with investigators; no one has been officially named a suspect in the death.
- Officials have collected medications and other evidence, and they say laboratory toxicology testing that can take weeks to months will determine the official cause and any next steps for charges or supplier investigations.