Edmond, Oklahoma Man Shoves Head Through Fish Tank

July 13, 2004
When residents of an Edmond neighborhood saw a bloodied man stumbling down the street, they thought he had been hit by a car, police said.

EDMOND, Okla. (AP) -- When residents of an Edmond neighborhood saw a bloodied man stumbling down the street, they thought he had been hit by a car, police said.

Instead, Derrick Simpson had apparently intentionally crashed his head through a fish aquarium, according to police spokeswoman Glynda Chu.

Simpson, 19, was taken to the University of Oklahoma Medical Center in fair condition after the Sunday evening incident. He has since been released, said hospital spokesman Allen Poston.

Authorities are not sure what prompted the incident, Chu said.

``He was incoherent, mumbling about a fight and in and out of consciousness,'' Chu said.

``He had apparently been involved in an altercation earlier and that may have led to his actions,'' Chu said.

``It was very unusual, very bizarre.''

Edmond firefighters and Emergency Medical Services Authority paramedics found Simpson bloodied and disoriented, said fire Maj. Tim Wheeler.

He was also ``semiconscious and combative,'' Wheeler said.

Police went to Simpson's home where the shattered fish tank was found, Chu said.

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