EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Two Eugene elementary schools were locked down after a man in an area was spotted brandishing what looked like a rifle.
The Register-Guard reports that police went to the area near Polk Street and West 24th Avenue Friday morning after receiving a report of a man pointing a rifle at passers by.
Police say 34-year-old Robert James Klich was arrested and officials determined that he had been carrying an air gun that was designed to look like an assault rifle.
The initial report prompted an arts academy at Jefferson Elementary and Adams Elementary to briefly go into lockdown, but they reopened after the arrest.
