Police received information on a creditable threat to CMU campus involving a student that was enrolled last year. Reporting party stated the male suspect had a handgun. Police located the suspect on campus and held him at gunpoint until he was safely taken into custody. Male suspect had a 9mm handgun in their pocket at time of arrest.
From the Grand Junction Police Department:
Officers with the Grand Junction Police Department responded to a report of a man with a weapon in the Colorado Mesa University (CMU) dining hall located at 1455 N 12th Street on 12/12/24, at approximately 7:55 p.m. Law enforcement placed the dining hall on lock down and learned a male brandished a firearm in the campus dining hall before withdrawing into the men’s bathroom. A male matching the description of the suspect attempted to leave the dining hall and officers contacted the male, discovered him to be in possession of a firearm, and took him into custody without incident. Alexander Simpson (age 20) was arrested and taken to the Mesa County Detention Facility with charges pending.
There were no shots fired and no injuries in this incident. The suspect is not believed to be a CMU student. The Grand Junction Police Department is in the early stages of investigating this incident and do not believe there is any further threat to the Colorado Mesa University campus. There is no further information available at this time.
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