Office worker fires handgun at intruder

The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon, USA
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PM on Thursday, May 17, 2001
May 17, 2001

An employee at a physician’s office in Eugene fired a semi-automatic
pistol at an intruder Wednesday afternoon after an irate man broke into
the locked business and threatened employees, police said.

No one was injured in the incident, which began about 4:45 p.m. when a
man began telephoning and threatening employees at the Oregon Podiatry
Clinic at 2893 Oak St.

The caller’s ex-wife used to work at the office, and the man was upset
with employees, Eugene police said.

The employees locked the doors and called police.

But the man arrived before police and pounded on the doors, trying to
force his way inside, police said.

The man eventually broke a glass door behind the office, and an employee
with a .45-caliber semi-automatic pistol aimed it at the man and warned
him the police were on the way.

The suspect advanced on employees despite the warning, and the employee
fired a round at him.

The bullet exited a rear window and lodged in a car parked near the back
door.

The man then fled through the broken door, but returned and was
arrested.

Jason Alan Hall, 32, of Springfield was arrested on the charge of
second-degree burglary.

Hall was lodged at the Lane County Jail and will be arraigned at 1:30
p.m. today.

Police said the clinic employee who fired the handgun legally owned the
firearm.

The employee wasn’t charged in the shooting because he was protecting
property and people.

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