At around 2:00 p.m. on Memorial Day, a Missoula County Sheriff’s Deputy and other law enforcement officers were dispatched to a report of an assault with a weapon in progress at the Safe Outdoor Space homeless shelter. A staff member said one of the residents, 31-year-old Ryan McCauley, was in possession of an axe and threatening to kill staff with it. Court documents indicate three staff members were having a meeting in the Office Tent on the property regarding a separate problem resident. The staff spoke with McCauley in the Office Tent regarding the actions of the other resident. McCauley became upset and started becoming verbally aggressive with the staff since he believed the resident was not a problem. A staff member asked McCauley to leave the tent multiple times and he eventually did so.