Gonzaga students on probation for having gun after using it to protect themselves
Nov 11, 2013, 6:43 AM | Updated: 9:42 am
Gonzaga University has placed two students on probation for violating a weapons policy after one of them displayed a gun to drive off an intruder at their apartment.
On Oct. 24, a man came to the off-campus apartment door of seniors Erik Fagan and Daniel McIntosh, demanding money and trying to force his way inside. Fagan said the man would have harmed them.
“He followed us by saying, ‘You don’t want to do this, I just got out of jail’ and then he shows a bracelet that’s on his ankle,” Fagan told KING 5.
The intruder left when the students showed they had a pistol.
“I was not out for blood that night,” McIntosh explained to KING 5. “Trouble just came knocking.”
Campus police later took the pistol and a shotgun belonging to the students.
The students were informed Sunday of their probation, which allows them to remain in school. They had been facing expulsion. Both plan to appeal.
Gonzaga students are not allowed to have guns in university-owned housing.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
