After a confrontation with Dahmer and Anderson, Scarver retrieved a steel bar from the weight room, followed Dahmer to the locker room, and struck him on the head. He then tracked down Anderson and bludgeoned him as well. Dahmer was declared dead about one hour after the attack, and Anderson died two days later when doctors at the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison removed him from life support.
After a confrontation with Dahmer and Anderson, Scarver used a steel bar to assault both men. Dahmer died shortly after, while Anderson succumbed to his injuries two days later.