Bullet fired in bar fight grazes head of a bystander.Byline: Bill Bishop The Register-Guard A shot fired during a scuffle between a bar patron and a bouncer grazed graze 1 v. grazed, graz·ing, graz·es v.intr. 1. To feed on growing grasses and herbage. 2. Informal a. To eat a variety of appetizers as a full meal. the head of a bystander by·stand·er n. A person who is present at an event without participating in it. bystander Noun a person present but not involved; onlooker; spectator Noun 1. among about 30 people outside a downtown Eugene nightspot early Sunday. Police arrested a 25-year-old Eugene man, Mathew James Mathew James (born April 7, 1974) is an Australian rules football field umpire in the Australian Football League. He has umpired 167 career games in the AFL. [1] [2] Party boy umpire Footnotes 1. Hangsleben. The 2:22 a.m. incident began about closing time when the patron refused to leave the Indigo District at 13th Avenue and Oak Street, Eugene police Detective Ralph Burks said. The man tussled with a bar security employee while being escorted out, and the scuffle continued into the middle of 13th Avenue, where the man pulled a 9 mm pistol, Burks said. The struggle escalated as the security employee and several bystanders tried to take the gun away from the man. The weapon fired, grazing grazing, n See irregular feeding. grazing 1. actions of herbivorous animals eating growing pasture or cereal crop. 2. area of pasture or cereal crop to be used as standing feed. See also pasture. 24-year-old Julian Pscheid on the top of the head and lodging in a metal window frame of the building. Pscheid, a University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. graduate now living in Portland, said he initially thought he'd been struck by a rock propelled by an explosion because the window behind him did not break. He said he was standing about 20 feet from the altercation. Several minutes passed before he realized a shot had been fired and he'd nearly been killed. Pscheid said he then found the bullet hole and showed it to police. "A half-inch lower, and I would be dead," said Pscheid, who was visiting friends in Eugene for Saturday's football game. He said the incident left him feeling lucky but angry. Pscheid said he hopes the gunman is harshly punished. "It's my luck I didn't die because of his absolute stupidity," Pscheid said. "Just because I got lucky and didn't die doesn't mean he should get lucky." Hangsleben is in the Lane County Jail on charges of attempted first-degree assault, felony assault, reckless endangering, unlawful use of a weapon and criminal mischief, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. jail records. Hangsleben served four years in the U.S. Army, including two deployments to the Middle East. He worked with an Army bomb squad, disarming insurgent INSURGENT. One who is concerned in an insurrection. He differs from a rebel in this, that rebel is always understood in a bad sense, or one who unjustly opposes the constituted authorities; insurgent may be one who justly opposes the tyranny of constituted authorities. bombs, according to an Internet Web site carrying a letter from Hangsleben and photographs of him in uniform. Lane County sheriff's records show that Hangsleben was issued a concealed handgun license two months ago. No court dates have been set. |
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