Students share concerns after man with knife detained near Miami University
OXFORD, Ohio —
Students at Miami University in Oxford had a major scare on Tuesday after a shirtless man with a large knife was seen walking through the streets.
Police said the man was taken to a mental hospital after students said he admitted to being high and approaching students.
One Miami senior said the man with the knife came toward her while she was sitting on her porch Tuesday, just after 7 p.m.
The man hasn’t been charged at this point.
See video of the man in the video player at the top of the story
A student said before the man was shirtless, he had a Halloween-related shirt on and made his way up to University Avenue, where houses were filled with students.
“I stood up, hesitated for a second, and that’s when he started running towards me,” a Miami senior said. “Once I saw him, then I ran to the door, he kind of was like jogging into a sprint, but he got to our porch pretty quickly.”
Oxford Police said the man was taken to a hospital in the Cincinnati area. Police and the Butler County Prosecutor’s Office are considering charging him with aggravated menacing, a misdemeanor.