Police: Armed standoff in neighborhood ends safely
EUGENE, Ore. -- Police ended a standoff with an armed woman with tear gas early Saturday morning, after official reported that she stole her roommate's loaded gun and refused to leave her north Eugene home.
At around 2:30 Saturday morning, Eugene Police received a call reporting that a 46-year-old woman was threatening to kill herself inside of her home in the 1300 block of Keller Street.
The caller told police that the woman was armed with a gun she took from her roommate and had fired a round from a pistol before the call.
Lieutennant Doug Mozan with the Eugene Police Department said that the woman not only posed a threat to herself, but to the whole neighborhood.
"She was very aggressive, she was very confrontational and she wanted police officers to come into the house," Lt. Mozan said. "Officers knew that there were several other loaded guns inside the house and that this woman has access to them."
Once police arrived at the scene officers attempted to coerce the woman out of the house. The woman responded by telling officers to come inside and get her.
Eugene Police called out the SWAT team to help get the woman outside of the home. After more negotiations, officials authorized officers to use tear gas and an armored vehicle to get police closer to the home.
Officials said that the woman surrendered at 7:50 a.m., and officers safely took her into protective custody. She was taken to the University District Hospital for mental health treatment.
Just another of Eugene's looney-tunes running around loose. We need a one-strike-you're-out law for these nut jobs; no exceptions. Lock up the nut jobs, not the guns.
@Robbie Rainbow No place to put 'em.
Another "law abiding" gun owner exercising her "second amendment remedies." Â
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Meanwhile, hundreds gather with weapons on the steps of the Capitol today to push bills like HB 2377, written by the extremist gun lobby here, which would allow convicted drug abusers to legally carry concealed handguns. Â
 @Baldr Odinson Except this woman, having stolen the gun from her roommate, wasn't "Law abiding", was she?  So, given the stronger gun control laws being considered, which new law would have changed this incident?  Which potential new law would have made this woman NOT do what she did?
 @JJ97477 A law that may have helped: requiring that guns be locked and unloaded whenever not in use.
 @Baldr Odinson A low that is not being proposed.  So which law that is being "proposed" would have prevented this?  None.  Common sense says to make sure a firearm is secured.   But locked in a case and unloaded ?  Kind of defeats the purpose of self defense now, doesn't it?  Of course, that sounds like what you want.  A responsible gun owner takes precautions and secures their firearms.  In every case I've seen, one of the common sense rules have been disregarded...
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 @Baldr Odinson Sorry, by "drug abusers" do you mean marijuana?
I will exercise my first since it is illegal to exercise my second. Just go away, AGAIN< JUSTÂ GO AWAY>
@POSTALONEÂ The first amendment doesn't apply here.
One should only own a gun if you have a safe to put it in. Â
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Another example of irresponsible gun ownership that gives the rest of us a bad name.Â
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Remember, its not my fault, I own a safe and keep my guns locked.Â
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I can't tell you what to do in your own home, no more that I can insist that you get some common sense.
Especially when you live with crazy people.Â
 @Jason Marks =/ There are plenty of responsible ways to store a gun other than in a safe.
Yep like in my hand!!!!
 @Jason Marks How do I protect my home with a gun in a safe?
Hmmm..you can't see that perhaps it's another example of some idiot stealing a weapon and threatening others with it? Too bad they didn't put a bullet in her skull...then we wouldn't have to worry about her lack of mental health care or her future when they put her back on the streets.