Rockville Police Aid In Bringing In Man Following Threats At Montgomery College

>This from the City of Rockville:

Police helped bring a 22-year-old man into custody this morning at Universities of Maryland at Shady Grove, following a call that he was armed.

At about 9:30 a.m., Montgomery County Police located Dan Dadem Le (05/13/87), of the 18000 block of Lost Knife Circle in Montgomery Village, at the Universities of Maryland at Shady Grove on Gudelsky Drive. He was taken to Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in Rockville for a psychiatric evaluation. He had no weapon on him.

The incident began about 5:30 a.m., when Rockville City Police received a call from Montgomery College-Rockville Campus that a student was trying to enter college buildings and offices that were closed.

Rockville Police responded and issued the student a no trespass order. Around 5:45 a.m., the student began calling campus security and staff members. Then just before 8 a.m., a call was made to the college, stating that “someone was going to be there for an interview and it’s going to make national news.”

Then at 8:42 a.m., 911 dispatchers received a call in which the caller said an Asian male, age 18-19, and wearing a black shirt and red pants was walking and waving a gun near the Counseling Advisory Building at Montgomery College-Rockville, looking nervous.

Approximately 22 officers from Rockville City Police, Montgomery County Police and the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office responded to Montgomery College-Rockville Campus, secured the building and evacuated it. About 30 staff and faculty were evacuated from the building. There were only a few students on campus. School is not currently in session.

As police were securing the building, 911 dispatchers tried numerous times to call the cell phone caller back, but were unable to reach the caller. By 9:12 a.m., the building was secured and evacuated, and it was determined that no armed person was there.

While officers were securing the building, 911 dispatchers were able to track the original call and determined it came from a cell phone on the grounds of Universities of Maryland at Shady Grove. Montgomery County Police responded and located a man matching the description given to police of the student at Montgomery College. Police discovered that Le had made the calls to 911, describing himself.

Le had attended Montgomery College-Rockville Campus last semester, but withdrew from classes.

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