PITTSBURGH -- Levance Fields, a junior point guard on the University of Pittsburgh basketball team, was arrested early Sunday morning in the Strip District.

According to Pittsburgh police reports, Fields, 20, was arguing with an unknown man and using obscene language outside Pure nightclub at about 2 a.m.

An off-duty officer working security at the club on 19th Street said Fields appeared to have been drinking and ordered him to stop yelling. The officer said Fields punched him in the chest, grabbed his belt and reached for his gun.

The officer and his partner used a Taser gun to subdue and arrest Fields.

Fields was charged with aggravated assault, disarming a police officer, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness.

He is free on $3,000 bond, and a court hearing is scheduled for Sept. 24.

The nightclub was holding an under-21 dance night and was not serving alcohol, owner Vince Isoldi told WTAE Channel 4's news exchange partners at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

WTAE Channel 4 Action News reporter Tara Edwards sought comment from Fields on Sunday afternoon but nobody answered the door at Fields' Oakland apartment.

A witness, who did not want to be identified, told Edwards that Fields never reached for the police officer's gun.

He said the altercation between Fields and another person at the club was just some friends fooling around. The witness was surprised everything went as far as it did.

In a written statement, Pitt coach Jamie Dixon said the university would allow the case to go through the judicial process before determining what disciplinary action is needed.

"We have built a successful program at Pitt, on and off the court, by prioritizing personal accountability and responsibility. We will not compromise when it comes to those values," the Dixon statement said.

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