Investment banking student, 22, is found dead at his Bucknell University frat house

A college community is in shock after a popular young senior was found dead on campus just hours after a false active shooter alert shut it down.

Politics student Christian Samay, 22, was pronounced dead Saturday at his fraternity house at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania in what university officials say was an unrelated incident.

It is still unclear how the young student died.

The major liberal arts college held its spring break two weeks ago, so the Lewisburg campus was packed with students when news of Samay’s death spread at 1:50 p.m.

“Our student body is really shaken since the last 24 hours,” student Amaya Becker wrote on Facebook.

“At the moment there is nothing definitive, but students are organizing to have their own vigil in the campus courtyard in remembrance.”

Samay (third from left) was treasurer of the university’s Phi Gamma Delta society and was regularly photographed with his friends on the fraternity’s Instagram page.

Students at the university had enjoyed their spring break two weeks ago and the campus was packed with college students when news of Samay’s death broke over Easter weekend.

The young man from Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, had spent three summers working as an intern at investment banks, and was just weeks away from graduating when tragedy struck.

He was the acting treasurer of the university’s Phi Gamma Delta society and his body was discovered on fraternity property by university staff.

“This is an indescribable loss for the Bucknell community, and our hearts go out to Christian’s family and friends,” university President John C. Bravman told students and staff in a letter.

‘I wish to point out that his death was unrelated to last night’s active shooter alert or the campus lockdown, and that the circumstances are not suspicious.

“I call on all Bucknell residents to support each other at this difficult time and keep Christian’s family in your prayers.”

Students scrambled to safety when an alert was issued at 6:37 pm on Friday and the university posted an alert on its Facebook page.

“Bucknell Public Safety is responding to reports of an active shooter,” he wrote.

‘The campus is closed. All students, employees and visitors must shelter in place until further notice.

More than 45 minutes passed before the alert was lifted and police confirmed that there was no imminent danger or threat to the community.

“The call was determined to be a coordinated hoax from Virginia, based on an investigation by state police,” said Mike Ferlazzo, Bucknell’s media relations director.

News of Samay’s death spread across campus just hours after students were released from lockdown following a false active shooter alert.

University President John C. Bravman confirmed the sad news to staff and students in a letter that same day.

The university in rural Pennsylvania is home to 3,700 undergraduates, ranked 81st among universities in the country by the latest Wall Street Journal, and counts novelist Philip Roth among its alumni.

Members of Samay’s Phi Gamma Delta fraternity had just hosted their annual Shea Invitational bowling tournament in memory of member Christopher Shea, who was just 20 years old when he died suddenly at his home in Glen Cove, New York, in April 2016.

Monday classes were canceled following Samay’s death and campus counselors and chaplains also made themselves available to students.

Union County Coroner Dominick Adamo said an investigation into Samay’s death is underway and an autopsy will be performed Tuesday.