(File Photo: Source for Photo: A fan is carted off the field at PNC Park after falling out of the stands during the seventh inning of a baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A preliminary hearing occurred on Monday for Ethan Kirkwood, the man accused of allegedly giving two beers to his friend who was under twenty-one-years-old at PNC Park in Pittsburgh during the baseball game there between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs on April 30th, 2025, which caused that friend, Kavan Markwood, to fall from the stands of PNC Park onto the field that evening. Doctors told KDKA that Markwood sustained serious injuries to his brain, lungs, spine, skull and both sides of his ribs. Kirkwood was facing two counts of misdemeanor charges of furnishing or selling alcohol to a minor, but the lawyer of Kirkwood, William Stockey, confirmed that one charge got waived, so one misdemeanor charge is left. These charges were given to Kirkwood after according to police, Kirkwood told them he bought drinks for Markwood while the two were at the game together between the Pirates and the Cubs on April 30th, 2025. Stockey stated that Kirkwood and Markwood are like brothers and since the parents of Markwood passed away, they have lived together at times. The docket for Kirkwood shows that November 13th, 2025 is the next time he is scheduled to make an appearance in court.