COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio State athlete found in a trash bin with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound is being mourned by his football and wrestling teammates as police investigate his death.A woman and her son looking for items in a dumpster on Sunday found the body of Kosta Karageorge, 22, who disappeared four days earlier after sending his parents a text message saying concussions had messed up his head. A handgun was found in the dumpster, police spokesman Sgt. Rich Weiner said.Karageorge was a Buckeyes wrestler for three years, and the senior defensive tackle joined the football team as a walk-on this season, playing in one game.After Karageorge went missing, the football team’s physician, Dr. Jim Borchers, said he could not comment on the medical care of student athletes. But, he said, “We are confident in our medical procedures and policies to return athletes to participation following injury or illness.”Wrestling coach Tom Ryan told The Columbus Dispatch that Karageorge did not have documented concussions as a wrestler.Ryan said teammates wonder if they could have intervened to help Karageorge, and some wept at the news of his death.”There was a lot of crying,” Ryan told the newspaper. “That says something because you know how men are. We don’t cry in front of anybody and don’t show weakness. But it was emotional.”University athletic officials said they were saddened.”It’s hit the team hard,” football team spokesman Jerry Emig said. View gallery This photo taken on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, and provided by Ohio State university shows college f … Police found Karageorge’s body within a couple hundred yards of his home and about a half-block from High Street, the main artery of the campus. Karageorge had last been seen at his Columbus apartment, when roommates said he left for a walk.His mother, Susan Karageorge, told police he had had several concussions and a few spells of being extremely confused, according to a missing-person report that was filed.
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