Officers from two police departments pursued and arrested a Shippensburg University student Thursday after he jumped out of a window on the second floor of his Naugle Hall room and fled the area.
SU officers were called to the student’s room to check on his welfare because the student was reportedly acting strangely, according to SU police Lt. Thomas Rumberger. Rumberger said he could not release the student’s name until the investigation was complete. The officers knocked on his door around 11 a.m., but the student did not answer. After several minutes he broke his window and jumped out of it.
The student ran from officers and at one point lost them. Four SU officers and at least another four from the Shippensburg Borough Police pursued the student when they found him coming out of the Ceddia Union Building (CUB), according to Rumberger.The chase continued toward the Street Hockey Rink and ended near the pavilion and pond next to the east campus entrance and Burd Run stream. The officers tased the individual, arrested him and took him to Chambersburg Hospital.
The student was evaluated for the injuries he suffered from the pursuit and being tased, Rumberger said. The student was injured from breaking the window and his trek around campus. Rumberger could not comment on any charges the student may be facing or if drugs had a role to play in the incident, because officers are still investigating the case.
When the officers went to Naugle Hall and knocked on the student’s door they heard noise coming from the room, Rumberger said.
“They could hear the individual moving around inside the room, but he wouldn’t answer the door,” Rumberger said, adding that the officers heard things being tipped over and furniture being moved around. The officers knocked on the door for several minutes, but the student did not open the door.
“At some point while they were in the hallway they heard glass breaking. That’s when they entered the room,” he said. “[The student] jumped out of the second floor window of Naugle Hall, landed on the ground and took off running.”
Rumberger said the police pursued the student on Adams Drive, but lost him. They later got a call and were told blood was found in the Franklin Science Center, according to Rumberger. The officers investigated the blood, and the student was spotted entering the CUB. Officers surrounded the building and found the student fleeing toward the H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center, and then pursued him across the commuter parking lot.
The student ran past the hockey rink and back up to Adams Drive near Seavers Hall and then down toward Burd Run stream.
SU and borough officers arrested the student after he climbed a fence and ran onto the ice of the pond located between Fogelsanger Road and Burd Run stream.
The officers treated the student for his injuries and then sent him to the Chambersburg Hospital.
Rumberger said the student was released to a parent and another officer will determine later this week if the student will face charges.
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