ERIE, Pa. (WJET)-- A trainee at Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pa. has apologized after video footage from a club's security cam appeared to show him push a disabled female's wheelchair down a staircase while she remained in the restroom.

The student has actually considering that been determined as Carson Briere, a hockey gamer at Mercyhurst and the boy of Daniel Briere, a previous Buffalo Sabres center and the current interim basic manager of the Philadelphia Flyers.

Carson Briere, a junior at the university, has also been suspended from his college hockey team, the school's athletic department stated.

" I am deeply sorry for my habits on Saturday," said Briere in a statement launched after the video was shared to social media previously this week. "There is no reason for my actions and I will do whatever I can to make up for this serious lack of judgment."

In the video, which was recorded simply after 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, Briere and two other men are seen surrounding the empty wheelchair, which was stated to be left at the top of a staircase at Sullivan's after its owner was carried to the pub's downstairs bathrooms. Briere then beings in the unoccupied wheelchair before getting up and pushing it down the stairs.

Following the occurrence, an employee at Sullivan's Irish Pub said he threw Briere out of the bar.

" I got him on the shoulders and said, 'I've got video of you tossing a wheelchair down the steps, like it's time to go,'" Nate Sanders, the security manager at Sullivan's, told Nexstar's WJET.

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Mercyhurst validated an examination shortly after the "disturbing" video went viral. In a subsequent declaration, the school determined Carson Briere as the criminal.

" Mercyhurst University has heard a considerable protest relating to the social media video of student Carson Briere revealing him pushing an empty wheelchair down a flight of stairs," the university wrote on Twitter on Wednesday afternoon. The actions showed in the video make our hearts heavy and fall short of our Mercy belief in the fundamental dignity of each individual.

The Mercyhurst Athletics Department likewise confirmed Briere had been put on "interim suspension" from the group, along with the 2 other student-athletes seen in the video.

ESPN reported Wednesday afternoon that Flyers interim GM Daniel Briere likewise apologized in a statement, calling his boy's habits "untenable.".

" I was stunned to see Carson's actions in the video that was shared on social media the other day," he said, per ESPN. "They are inexcusable and run entirely counter to our household's worths on dealing with individuals with respect. Carson is really sorry and accepts complete responsibility for his behavior.".

The victim's good friend, Julia Zukowski, has actually given that begun a GoFundMe account to raise money for a replacement wheelchair. The original wheelchair's armrest broke in the fall, and other parts were bent, according to the personnel at Sullivan's.

The GoFundMe fundraiser had actually currently raised over $8,000 as of Thursday early morning. The owner of the wheelchair, who determined herself as Sydney Benes, stated on Twitter that she plans on giving much of that money away.

" Hi [I'm] Sydney and it was my chair that was lowered the stairs," Benes composed. "I'm so appreciative for all of Sullivan's aid in the kind and this circumstance comments I see on Julia's post. I swear I really do not wan na keep a cent of the donated money, I 'd much rather provide it to those who require it.".