Hayden Panettiere's on-and-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson and his brother were at the scene of her death, according to a police report obtained Tuesday by CBS News.The "Heroes" actor, 36, was found dead in a South Carolina apartment on Sunday. Panettiere and Brian Hickerson had a tumultuous relationship, including Hickerson being arrested multiple times over alleged abuse, according to Panettiere's recent memoir and media reports. Hickerson and his brother, Zach, made the 911 call that brought first responders to the Greenville, South Carolina, apartment where Panettiere was found unresponsive, the partially redacted police report says.
The report is attributed to Officer Matthew Bryan.Firefighters and EMS were performing CPR on Panettiere when police arrived, Bryan wrote.Panettiere "did not seem to have any obvious physical reasons to be unresponsive," Bryan said.
He wrote that EMS performed life-saving measures "for an extended amount of time before they called a time of death." He did not specify how long they worked. Zach Hickerson told Bryan that Panettiere was Brian Hickerson's girlfriend, the report says.Bryan said there is CCTV footage showing Panettiere and the Hickersons coming and going from the apartment. Bryan said that Zach Hickerson was "very emotional" as EMS worked on Panettiere.
Brian Hickerson "did not become emotional until EMS declared her officially deceased," Bryan wrote.Details of conversations between Bryan and the Hickersons have been redacted. At some point, Brian Hickerson showed Bryan "the bag of medication" that Panettiere was "currently on," according to the report.
The list of medications is redacted. Panettiere was declared dead at 2:31 p.m., according to the report.Other investigators arrived on the scene, and a search warrant was conducted, Bryan said. Panettiere's death remains under investigation.
Police previously said that a preliminary investigation "has not indicated any signs of fou...