Portland Police were called to the Portland Community College Cascade Campus library on the report of a man armed with a gun.
As officers responded to the area, they learned a man had entered the PCC library and stated he needed help. After the man had requested help, an employee had requested PCC security officers respond to assist the man. When PCC security officers responded to the library, the man ran from the location and a handgun was seen in his hand.PCC security officers continued to observe the man as he ran from the library, waving a gun.
When Portland Police officers arrived in the area, they followed the route the man had taken, and located a firearm. The firearm was seized as evidence.
Officers continued to search the area for the suspect. When officers arrived in the 6100 Block of North Kerby Avenue, a homeowner informed officers a man had entered his house without permission. Based on the information provided by the homeowner, officers believed the same suspect who had fled from the PCC Campus was currently in the homeowner's residence.
Officers devised a plan to safely contact the suspect. A team of officers, comprised of a K9 team, Special Emergency Reaction Team and Crisis Negotiation Team officers, entered the home, located, and arrested the suspect who had barricaded himself in an upstairs bedroom.
The suspect has been identified 39-year-old Nathaniel M. Irving. Irving was booked into the Multnomah County Jail on charges of Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Theft in the First Degree, Possession of a Loaded Firearm in a Public Building, and Possession of a Loaded Firearm.