Theme parties are nothing new to the Triangle Fraternity. The University of Illinois house hosts one every semester, but it was not until the most recent party on Feb. 2 that allegations of racism came into play.

While residents of the third and fourth floors chose 1970s and “Nightmare on Elm Street” themes respectively, students living on the second floor chose to model their space after the city of Compton, Calif.

“This particular incident was reported by a student who was friends with members of the Triangle Fraternity,” said Kaamilyah Abdullah-Span, assistant dean of students for Student Affairs and director of the University’s tolerance program. It was then that the University’s bias incident investigation team set to work gathering information and assessing the situation.

Photographs of students with 40-ounce liquor containers and gold chains aiming guns at other partygoers surfaced on Facebook in the days following the event.

“We had a number of complaints after those photos got out, and right now we’re in the process of responding to those complaints,” said Triangle Fraternity President David Muccigrosso, junior in LAS.