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Shooting Suspect In Custody After Tuesday Night Standoff

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Eugene Police say a 17-year-old man has been taken into custody, following an hours-long stand-off with law enforcement in an area around High/Mill Streets and 14th/15th Avenues. 

A spokeswoman says it's the same man sought in the Bailey Lane shooting near Monroe Middle School earlier Tuesday morning.

EPD had responded to the area to contact a "potentially dangerous subject". Due to the nature of the response, SWAT and Crisis Negotiation Teams were called in. 

A reverse 911 call was sent out to nearby residences. Locals gathered outside the perimeter of the standoff to watch. The Register-Guard says a drone was used to survey a building, bobbing up and down near the second story. At one point, a flash-bang device was set off.
 
The suspect fled the scene of a shooting that happened before 11am, on the 2900 block of Bailey Lane. A bystander and responding police were able to give the victim medical attention before paramedics transported them to a Springfield hospital.  No motive is known, though EPD officials say they believe the suspect and victim knew each other.  

 
More details to follow on KLCC.org.

 
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Brian Bull is an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Oregon, and remains a contributor to the KLCC news department. He began working with KLCC in June 2016.   In his 27+ years as a public media journalist, he's worked at NPR, Twin Cities Public Television, South Dakota Public Broadcasting, Wisconsin Public Radio, and ideastream in Cleveland. His reporting has netted dozens of accolades, including four national Edward R. Murrow Awards (22 regional),  the Ohio Associated Press' Best Reporter Award, Best Radio Reporter from  the Native American Journalists Association, and the PRNDI/NEFE Award for Excellence in Consumer Finance Reporting.
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