MADISON, Wis. (WFRV) – Authorities say an armed man was arrested near a campus bus stop in Wisconsin following an altercation Tuesday afternoon.
According to a release from the UW-Madison Police Department, officers responded at 1:55 p.m. to the intersection of West Johnson Street and East Campus Mall for reports of someone making threats towards another person near the bus stop.
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Officials say the suspect in the matter and the victim were riding the bus and exited at the same bus stop. A verbal altercation took place near the bus stop, with the suspect being said to have displayed a gun he was carrying and making verbal threats towards the victim.
As officers responded to the scene, the suspect threw the gun into a nearby trashcan. The gun was quickly recovered by UWPD and 46-year-old Marcus Morgan from Madison was arrested without any further incident.
Police say Morgan is not affiliated with UW-Madison, and he was taken to and booked into the Dane County Jail on the following tentative charges:
- Disorderly conduct while armed
- Carrying a concealed weapon
- Resisting or obstructing an officer
With a rapid response and the situation being resolved quickly, authorities report that a campus-wide WiscAlert was not issued. No other information about the incident is available at this time.
