Woman Hid From Cops In Bathroom Crawlspace At San Jose State: Police

SAN JOSE, CA — A woman hid from police in the crawlspace above a bathroom at a library on the San Jose State University campus after she was spotted with a gun that turned out to be fake, according to authorities.

The incident began shortly after 10 a.m., when a custodian at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library saw a woman in a bathroom stall with what he thought was a pistol, campus police said. The custodian notified library security, the building was evacuated and police responded to the scene, according to authorities.

With the aid of a robot from the San Jose Police Department, law enforcement determined the woman had crawled up a hatch above the bathroom, authorities said. She refused to come down, but eventually relented and was taken into custody, according to police, who said the gun was found to be a replica. Charges are pending, police said, noting the woman is not affiliated with the university, which is on holiday break.

No one was injured, according to police. The San Jose Public Library tweeted around 1 p.m. that the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library would remain closed for the rest of Wednesday.