PITTSBURGH (AP) -Accused of shooting five Duquesne University basketball players at a party, Brandon Baynes stood silent during his arraignment.

His father, however, disputed the charges.

``My son never fired a gun in his life,'' A.J. Baynes said after the court hearing.

Nevertheless, his 18-year-old son was jailed Tuesday on five counts of criminal attempted homicide. Prosecutors also lodged aggravated assault, criminal conspiracy, and weapons charges against him and William Holmes, 18, who remained at large. Holmes is also charged with reckless endangerment.

Neither teenager attends Duquesne, university officials said.

Three players remained hospitalized following Sunday's shootings. The most seriously wounded, junior forward Sam Ashaolu, 23, was in critical condition with bullet fragments in his head.

Baynes and Holmes crashed a campus dance sponsored by the Black Student Union where they encountered the basketball players, according to police. They and two friends got into the dance with help from Brittany Jones, who is active with the Black Student Union, police said.

Jones, 19, was arrested Monday on charges of reckless endangerment, carrying a firearm without a license and criminal conspiracy. She was arraigned and posted bond Tuesday morning.

According to the criminal complaint, Jones got a call from a man asking whether he and his brother could attend the dance. They arrived with four others, including Baynes and Holmes, at about midnight, according to police.

While walking to the party, Jones told police, she became aware that several of the men had guns. They asked Jones if they were going to be ``patted down'' before entering, but went in after the doorman reportedly told Jones that no one was being searched, police said.

A witness who was at the dance reported hearing an argument outside and saw two men firing guns at the victims. Using driver's license photos, the witness identified one of the men as Baynes, according to the criminal complaint against him.

Sumner Parker, an attorney representing Baynes, denied that his client was the gunman but said that Baynes had identified the shooter in a statement to police. Parker said Baynes had gone to the dance with three friends, but no one in the group was involved in the shooting.

Baynes was being held on $250,000 bond.

In interviews Monday with The Associated Press, several players said the shooter was unhappy that the woman he accompanied to the dance had talked with a player. The shooter and at least one other man followed the players when they left the dance to walk to their dormitory, they said.

Jones' attorney, James Ecker, would not confirm Tuesday whether she was cooperating with authorities and would not comment on reports that authorities may drop charges if she provides information to the police.

``I can say she's spent a lot of time with police in the last couple of days, Sunday and Monday,'' Ecker said. ``Until this case goes to a hearing or trial, she's presumed innocent.''

University president Charles Dougherty said he was grateful to police for the quick arrest.

A university spokeswoman said the school was examining the allegations against Jones and would take action in accordance with school policy.

Besides Ashaolu, the other injured players were junior guard Kojo Mensah, 21; 6-foot-7 forward Stuard Baldonado, 21; junior center Shawn James, 23; and Aaron Jackson, 20, a guard who is one of only two returning players from Duquesne's 3-24 team last season.

Ashaolu remained in critical condition Tuesday with three pieces of a shattered bullet in his head.

Baldonado was in fair condition Tuesday with arm and back injuries; he likely won't play this season because his back injury will require two to three months of rehabilitation. He was expected to be released from the hospital by the end of the week.

Mensah, shot in an arm and shoulder, was kept at a hospital to receive additional injections of antibiotics but was expected to be discharged later Tuesday.

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