Police confirm no kidnapping at Eagle Point park

EAGLE POINT, Ore. — Eagle Point police confirmed Tuesday that a possible kidnapping at Chamberlain Park was a misunderstanding and there was no kidnapping.

Police were called to the park Friday evening after word of a possible kidnapping was posted on social media. No children were reported missing, but police treated it as a kidnapping, just to be safe.

Police said people were spreading unsubstantiated rumors on Facebook scanner pages but declined to go into detail about what led to the misunderstanding.

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