Eugene Police Explain Use Of Flash Grenade

The percussion-grenade tactics Eugene police used Thursday to arrest a suspected gang member with a criminal past mirrored those employed a year ago when the same team of officers apprehended one of the man’s alleged cohorts.Police Sgt. Scott McKee acknowledged Friday that the Sheldon Plaza parking lot off Coburg Road was “not an optimal place" for officers to have deployed a percussion grenade shortly after 4 p.m.

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