Former Irrigon basketball coach Mitch Thompson is among the Oregon State University basketball staff and team members safe after a terrorist attack outside their Barcelona hotel killed more than a dozen people today.

The Washington Post was reporting Thursday morning that 13 people were dead and more than 50 injured after a van plowed through crowds in what Spanish authorities are calling a terrorist incident. Thompson, who is a video coordinator for the OSU men’s basketball team, reported on Facebook Thursday that he and the team were safe but had been staying on the street where it happened.

When reached via text he said the team wasn’t commenting further beyond a statement released by OSU’s athletic department that the OSU community “extends its thoughts and prayers for all those injured and affected by this incident” and had not yet determined what the remainder of the team’s trip would look like in light of the tragedy.

Earlier in the day assistant coach Gregg Gottlieb tweeted that the “tragedy happened right in front of us as our team just sat down for pregame meal.” The Beavers had been preparing to play their first exhibition game against a Spanish team on a trip that included several other teams from American universities. The team from Clemson University was also staying in the hotel but reported they were unharmed.

Thompson, the son of Hermiston residents Joe Thompson and Cindy Gammell-Thompson and a Hermiston High graduate, was Oregon Athletic Association Coach of the Year in 2015 after coaching Irrigon High School boys’ basketball team to a state championship. He is just starting his second season with the Beavers as a graduate assistant.

OSU Head Coach Wayne Tinkle posted a video statement from the team’s motel to let family, friends and fans know that all the team members and staff were safe. The video was potsted to the team’s Facebook page and can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/BeaverMBB/videos/10155224570348127/