UWPD arrests individual who presented firearm near East Campus Mall

The University of Wisconsin Police Department arrested an individual at 1:55 p.m. Tuesday near East Campus Mall after receiving a report that the suspect made threats to another person near a bus stop.

The suspect and the other individual were riding the bus and departed at the same stop. The two got into a verbal argument during which the suspect presented a firearm and made threats to the victim, according to UWPD’s incident report.

The suspect had left the firearm in a nearby trash bin and the UWPD recovered it upon arrival at the scene…

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