UC Davis officials walked out of a raucus community meeting Thursday night in the wake of angry shouts and after one resident shoved a university consultant.

About 150 residents attended the meeting about access to a proposed on-campus development for students, faculty and staff of the University of California, Davis.

University officials scheduled the meeting to respond to concerns about a proposal to link the project to Russell Boulevard.

Angry residents claimed university officials had agreed during past meetings not to link the project to Russell Boulevard, a claim campus officials denied.

After about 30 minutes of angry exchanges, the university officials walked out when one of their consultants was shoved by an angry resident.

"We can't stay when someone's been assaulted," said Marj Dickinson, assistant vice chancellor for governmental affairs and community relations.

Police officers were called, but no one was cited.