Gophers senior running back Shannon Brooks was released from jail Monday as charges remain pending after he allegedly assaulted his roommate late at night over the weekend in their Minneapolis residence.
Brooks left the Hennepin County jail because "further investigation is needed to determine whether charges are warranted" in connection with an incident between Brooks and his roommate, said Sarah McKenzie, speaking on behalf of the City Attorney's Office.
Brooks' status on the team is unchanged.
"With it ongoing, it's hard for me to add anything," coach P.J. Fleck said. "I have about as much information as anybody else. So, I tend not to comment on things — right now, at this point. There will be a time I will. But I will say I'm concerned for him. Any time one of your players, a young man, is in jail, you're concerned for him."
Brooks, 22, was booked into jail about 2:40 a.m. Sunday, according to the jail log. Police spokeswoman Sgt. Darcy Horn described the suspected offense as a misdemeanor. Brooks' roommate, Newell R. Fisk, 21, reported "a domestic abuse in progress" at their off-campus residence, according to a police report. Fisk was not hurt, the report added.
Fisk is a kinesiology major at the university and is scheduled to graduate in 2019, university spokeswoman Lacey Nygard said Monday. Nygard said he worked in the Bierman Athletic Complex from 2015 to '17. She said his position as an athletic medicine student intern included assisting with dehydration during football practice.
His professional biography on LinkedIn was more specific, saying he was a football athletic medicine intern.
Reached by telephone, Fisk declined to answer questions about the weekend's altercation. Brooks could not be reached for comment.
![Seen from the 40th Street pedestrian bridge, a motorcylcist is sihlouetted beneath the 42nd Street Bridge while traveling north along I-35W, Friday, June 6, 2014, just south of downtown Minneapolis, MN.] (DAVIDJOLES/STARTRIBUNE) djoles@startribune.com A surge in deaths and injuries among motorcycle riders in Minnesota, coming just as summer-like weather takes hold, is prompting traffic officials to remind drivers across the vehicle spectrum of what they need to do to safely share the roads and h](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/TWBPBY5GLJVBID2FJZC75KKF4U.jpg?&w=80&ar=1:1&fit=crop)
![Minnesota Gophers head coach PJ Fleck leads the team onto the field before the start of a football game between the University of Minnesota Gophers and the Maryland Terrapins Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021 at Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minn. ] AARON LAVINSKY • aaron.lavinsky@startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/DGYCWUGVL456KXPGEVYYVEJRAY.jpg?&w=436&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
