Ambulance Called To Ryan Ross Hernandez L.A. House
Los Angeles, California --- Authorities were called to the home of PANIC! frontman Ryan Ross Hernandez' house in Los Angeles, where police said the 22-year old was taken to the hospital and treated for an accidental overdose of sleeping pills late Wednesday night.
It "
wasn't an overdose," close friend and bandmate Gabriel Hunter told reporters. "
He's just really been under a lot of stress lately and has had a lot of trouble sleeping," he continued "
I've been the only bandmate to visit him in the hospital so far, but I know that the Fallon brothers will be flying over to visit him tomorrow morning and Nick Asher should be here later today. But a lot of his close friends from outside the band have visited him so far, and some of his family members are here as well."
Los Angeles County Police Chief said the case was not a suicide attempt. "
We're classifying it as an accidental overdose of prescription sleeping pills," he said. "
I'm not going to confirm or deny that it was Ryan Ross Hernandez. It was an individual at his home." He told media outside the hospital that the man took a about 10 sleeping pills of ativian and ambien cr. "
He was unconscious, but breathing on his own," Los Angeles chief said to reporters. A on-location EMT says that Hernandez had also drank about half a bottle of red wine after taking the pills.
The drama is the latest in what has been a difficult year or so for Hernandez.
After a rough breakup in late-2007, he went through a serious state of depression which is when he started using sleeping pills. In November of last year, various sources confirmed that he had attempted to commit suicide when he went on a trip alone to Italy during PANIC!'s self-described as 'internal issues' but was stopped by a maid. Through it all, his band was also in the brick of breaking up due to Hernandez and Ashley Perry both distancing themselves from each other and the band.
This afternoon, Perry said she had not spoken to Hernandez, though others in the band had. "
Ryan spoke with other members of PANIC! and is OK from what I've heard," the she said in a statement. "
He is dealing with some personal matters, and I myself will have no further comment. He has asked that we respect his privacy, and we should." She didn't confirm if, like her bandmates, she was planning to go see Hernandez in Los Angeles.
Messages left with PANIC!'s publicist and tour manager weren't returned. Police officials said an ambulance and two police officers responded to a 911 call that came in from the Thomas home a couple minutes before midnight. The victim was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital, close from the home. Officials with Good Samaritan Emergency Medical Service declined to say what happened, citing medical privacy laws.
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There's a concern, I'm sure everybody I would think is wishing for the best for his family but again ... I don't really know a whole lot," friend of Ryan and former PANIC! member Anilet Lowell said. Who drove up to visit him from San Francisco.
Late Thursday afternoon, a small SUV escorted by a police car pulled into a private road leading to the home of Hernandez, about 30 miles from downtown Los Angeles. Hernandez purchased the house on for more than $1 million in 2008, according to the Journal News.
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This is life, this is something that happened. It's an unfortunate situation, and we still don't know the exact story or whatever happened. But I don't look at something like this as a distraction; this is an unfortunate incident." bassist of PANIC!, Nick Asher told reporters when he arrived at Los Angeles International Airport at 8 PM local time.
A unnamed family member of the artist told the media that "
it would be disappointing if Ashley didn't come to visit him. I think it would really help Ryan get through this tough time. He really needs her to be close to him right now."
As of 8:30 PM local Los Angeles time, Hernandez' doctor Mark Ellis confirmed that he is in stable condition but will be kept until Saturday for observations. The doctor went on to reveal that the musician was never treated for depression in the last two years but did have prescriptions for both sleeping pill medications. When asked about any previous prescription drug abuse, doctor said that to his knowledge, this is the first that the young man has been treated of.
No statements have been made about the band's US arena tour starting on Tuesday in Los Angeles, at the Staples Center. Nor about the band's scheduled appearances at the International Music Awards, Rock Awards, or Pop Honors Awards all of which are coming in the next 2 weeks.
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