DALLAS – Ty Jordan, a star freshman running back for the University of Utah, died at a Dallas-area hospital after accidently shooting himself, authorities said Sunday.University officials announced Jordan's death Saturday, a day after he was named Pac-12’s newcomer of the year, but did not release details.Jordan, 19, died in an emergency room at a hospital in Denton around 10:45 p.m.
on Christmas Day, according to medical examiner’s records.Police officers had responded about an hour earlier to reports of a shooting at a home in Denton, a city 40 miles (64 kilometers) northeast of downtown Dallas.