UW police detain man after reports of gun turn out to involve lighter shaped like firearm

University of Washington police took a man into custody Thursday morning following reports of an armed person on campus that led to a temporary alert near the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health.

According to UW Alert, witnesses initially reported seeing a man in his 50s, described as possibly unhoused and acting erratically, displaying what appeared to be a gun inside the ground floor of the Hans Rosling Center.

The man left the building walking north along 15th Avenue Northeast…

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