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Sources: Man Who Died Got Into Fight, Was Knocked Unconscious At Heinz Field

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- New details are emerging about the man who died after leaving the Steelers game this past Sunday.

Sources tell KDKA that 44-year-old William Laughlin had been drinking at the game and got into a fight in the rotunda area of the stadium.

They say he was knocked unconscious and suffered some sort of head injury.

Police say Laughlin then went to his home in Baldwin where he was found dead the next morning.

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Sources say there was also a second fight in the same area.

In that incident, a man reportedly suffered serious injuries. He had to undergo facial surgery to fix a broken orbital bone and a broken nose.

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