**UPDATE 12:38 p.m: UOPD released a more detailed crime alert, available here.
The University of Oregon sent an alert to students Saturday at 2:18 a.m., warning of an armed suspect near parking lot 16 by the intersection of 13th Avenue and Kincaid Street. UO sent an “all clear” message at 3:27 a.m., but no arrest has been made yet.
According to UOPD, there was a stabbing in the northeast corner of parking lot 16, near the Alpha Omega House, around 1:30 a.m. Witnesses told UOPD that the “victim and suspect had been involved in conversation or argument in the area before the incident in the parking lot.”
The suspect is described as a black male, slightly over six feet tall, appearing to be mid-20s in age and with no obvious facial hair.
The victim, a 21-year-old male, went to McKenzie Willamette Hospital in Springfield by private car, according to UOPD. He sustained non life-threatening injuries.
The investigation is ongoing. UOPD requests that anyone with information call 541-346-2919.
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Campus-area stabbing under investigation, no arrest made
Jack Pitcher
April 14, 2017
Police search parking lot 16 near the University of Oregon campus early Saturday morning. UO sent an alert about an armed suspect in the area. (Jonathan Hawthorne/Emerald)
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