A 37-year-old armed man was taken into custody Thursday morning on the University of Oregon campus after he allegedly held two students hostage in Hamilton Hall and set off a fire alarm in the UO Knight Law Center.
The man was taken into custody without incident after the hostages were able to text his location in the dorm to police. He was armed with a loaded 9 mm pistol and had extra ammunition, UO Police Chief Matt Carmichael said.
He was arrested and charged with menacing, burglary, criminal trespass, kidnapping and carrying a concealed firearm. He is being held in Lane County Jail.
The incident started around 3 a.m. Thursday when a fire alarm was pulled in the UO Knight Law Center. After finding no evidence of fire, University of Oregon police checked security camera footage and saw a person pull the alarm while holding a gun and “acting erratically,” Carmichael said at 2:30 p.m. Thursday news conference.
