>> police are trying to piece together what happened at this house over the weekend. according to authorities, some fraternity ritual led to the death of a college freshman in what appears to be another case of hazing gone horribly wrong. fred pleitgen is in new york with this story. hi, fred. >> reporter: horribly wrong, tragic case and apparently criminal implications. the game they were playing is called the glass ceiling. what happens there is that the person that's actually playing this game, a heavy object is placed on his back. he is blindfolded and he has to try to make his way to someone who is calling. who is making noises. in that process, other people try to tackle that person. it seems as though this would-be -- this new fraternity member who is called michael deng suffered some sort of head injury, they brought him inside, was laying on the couch. he was unresponsive for a while.