Security officer helps Springfield police arrest armed man
SPRINGFIELD OR Dec 24 2017 — A licensed security guard helped police arrest a man on Saturday following a dispute in which shots were fired at an apartment complex in the 1500 block of Main Street.
Raymond Martin Kennedy, 32, was arrested by police after he allegedly had a dispute with a group of men in the parking lot of the Doubletree Apartments.
Kennedy was taken into custody by a police officer who received help from Michael Githens, a Springfield resident and licensed security officer who does not work at the complex.
No one was injured in the shooting, police said.
Officers recovered a revolver at the scene.
Springfield police said they responded to the apartments about 3 p.m. after receiving a report of an armed dispute at the complex. While officers were responding, they received another report that a shot had been fired from a handgun.
Two groups of individuals began to separate as officers arrived, police said in a news release. The people involved were detained, and an investigation revealed that there had been a confrontation between Kennedy and a group of men. As the dispute escalated, Kennedy began to pull a handgun and it discharged, police said.
The men fled the area, and an officer found Kennedy near an apartment. Kennedy was wearing a ski mask when the officer confronted him and began taking him into custody, police said. Kennedy resisted arrest, and the officer wrestled Kennedy to the ground, police said.
Kennedy got back to his feet several times during the struggle.
A loaded revolver fell out of Kennedy’s pocket, police said. Githens, 26, had heard the gunfire and saw the officer struggling with Kennedy, police said. Githens helped the officer wrestle with Kennedy, which was key to getting Kennedy in handcuffs, police said.
Kennedy was arrested on charges of menacing, resisting arrest, unlawful use of a weapon and felon in possession of a firearm, police said.
Kennedy was taken to the Lane County Jail, where he was lodged on the charges, plus a felony arrest warrant.
