Eugene Police K-9 Helps Arrest Knife-Wielding Man on West Broadway

A 40-year-old man who allegedly chased and threatened people with a knife outside 110 W. Broadway spent nearly 30 minutes testing the patience of Eugene police officers before a K-9 named Kuill, pronounced "Quill," ended the standoff in seconds.

Officers responded at 8:55 p.m. Wednesday to the downtown address after a report of a man menacing people with a knife, according to an EPD news release. When they arrived, David Glen Clark refused to cooperate. Officers deployed pepper spray, and Clark set the knife on the ground near his feet, but crouched over it rather than stepping away. Police cleared bystanders from the immediate area and began negotiating.

Those negotiations lasted roughly half an hour and went nowhere. Clark attempted to grab the knife, at which point officers fired less-lethal rounds. He dropped the weapon and ran south on foot.

That's when Kuill was deployed. "He was immediately challenged by K9 Kuill, which caused him to move back toward officers," police said in the news release. Officers arrested Clark without further incident.

Clark was booked into Lane County Jail on suspicion of seven counts of menacing along with additional charges including unlawful use of a weapon, resisting arrest, and third-degree escape. Court records show he is also known as David Glen Peek, and charges were filed under that name on Thursday, March 12, listing four felony counts of unlawful use of a weapon.

The Broadway arrest was one of two armed menacing incidents Eugene police handled that night. Earlier, at 10:53 p.m. on March 11, officers were called to the 3600 block of Westward Ho Avenue, where 25-year-old Desean LeCurtis Lemond Oroy was allegedly chasing his father with a handgun while intoxicated. Oroy fled in a Chevrolet Malibu before officers stopped him. He was taken into custody after becoming hostile and was charged with menacing, unlawful use of a weapon, and DUII.

The seven menacing counts against Clark suggest multiple people were threatened during the Broadway incident, though no injuries were reported. The exact type of less-lethal munitions used and whether Kuill made physical contact with Clark have not been specified in official statements. The Eugene Police Department has not yet resolved a discrepancy between the 8:55 p.m. response time cited in its own news release and a 12:05 a.m. timestamp reported separately by KEZI.