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A man assaulted a student, produced a gun, and threatened to shoot two other students during a social event at the Theta Xi house on October 29 around 1 a.m. The man was unaffiliated with the university, according to a University Police crime alert issued on October 31.

The gun confrontation occurred as the actor was leaving the Theta Xi house, on the fraternity quad, during a party.

A Theta Xi brother alerted guests that someone had pulled a gun, according to Joanna Fanuko, a sophomore in business administration who attended the party.

“[My friends and I] were sort of freaked out by it, and we ran to the corner of the room,” Fanuko said.

The actor ran to a car parked on Devon Road and drove down Forbes Avenue towards Oakland in an attempt...

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