Hayden Panettiere’s ex-boyfriend was at scene when she died, police report says

Hayden Panettiere’s onetime boyfriend and his brother were at the South Carolina apartment complex where the “Heroes” actor went into cardiac arrest and died Sunday, according to a police incident report obtained by NBC News. In the heavily redacted report, the Greenville Police Department said Panettiere’s on-again, off-again partner, Brian Hickerson, and his brother, Zach Hickerson, were at the scene inside the apartment complex, Judson Mill Lofts. The responding officer, identified in the report as Matthew Bryan, said he first spoke with Zach Hickerson, who was “very emotional” while emergency medical services professionals were “working on Hayden.” The report goes on to say that Brian Hickerson did not become visibly emotional until EMS declared the 36-year-old actor dead. Brian Hickerson showed police a “bag of medication” that Panettiere was taking at the time of her death, the report added. Bryan, the responding officer, said he was wearing a body camera throughout the emergency response.

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