November 04, 2021
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UO: Man with gun set off fire alarm at law school, held 2 students in dorm room - KATU

<p&gtPolice located and arrested the suspect - identified as 37-year-old Shawn Scott Densmore - at Hamilton Hall without further incident. Densmore is not a student at Oregon, the university confirmed. He faces charges of menacing, burglary, criminal trespass, kidnapping and carrying a concealed firearm. (Lane County Jail/SBG file){/p}
<p>Police located and arrested the suspect - identified as 37-year-old Shawn Scott Densmore - at Hamilton Hall without further incident. Densmore is not a student at Oregon, the university confirmed. He faces charges of menacing, burglary, criminal trespass, kidnapping and carrying a concealed firearm. (Lane County Jail/SBG file){/p}

EUGENE, Ore. - Investigators believe an intruder with a gun set off a fire alarm at the University of Oregon law school early Thursday morning before later taking two students captive in a dorm room and using one of their phones to call 911.

Police located and arrested the suspect - identified as 37-year-old Shawn Scott Densmore - at Hamilton Hall without further incident.

"Our students are safe, our res halls are safe, and this really came to a good conclusion today," UO Police Chief Matt Carmichael said.

Densmore is not a student at Oregon, the university confirmed.

He faces charges of menacing, burglary, criminal trespass, kidnapping and carrying a concealed firearm.

The investigation started with a fire alarm at the University of Oregon William Knight Law Center around 3 a.m.

"The building was checked and cleared with no evidence of smoke or fire," according to the University. "Fire officials cleared the building and UOPD officers began reviewing security video footage. The video footage showed a person pulling the fire alarm, holding a gun and acting erratically inside the building. A call was made for police support."

According to UO:

Officers from Springfield Police Department, Lane County Sheriff’s Office and Junction City Police Department responded to the scene to assist. A tactical search of the building was conducted by a Lane County Sheriff’s drone team and a Springfield Police canine unit. Assisting police officers diverted pedestrian and street traffic around the law school and a UO alert was sent out asking everyone to avoid the area.
UOPD began receiving multiple 911 calls from a single cell phone reporting incidents from other areas across campus. The UOPD worked to locate the 911 caller by pinging, texting and calling the phone. Through a text exchange, UOPD crisis negotiation team members were able to connect with what was later determined to be a student in Hamilton Hall. Two students were being held in the student’s room and the suspect had used the student’s phone to place the 911 calls.
Lane County deputies and UOPD responded to Hamilton Hall based on information received in text messages. Upon entry, officers immediately located the armed suspect and took him into custody without incident.
Shawn Scott Densmore, 37, has been arrested and charged with menacing, burglary, criminal trespass, kidnapping and carrying a concealed firearm. Densmore is being held in Lane County jail. Densmore has no known current affiliation with the university.


source: https://katu.com/news/local/uo-man-with-gun-set-off-fire-alarm-at-law-school-held-2-students-in-dorm-room

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