Fitchburg man arrested after hitting another person with a gun, resisting officers

FITCHBURG, Wis. (WKOW) -- A Fitchburg man is in custody after hitting another person with a handgun over the weekend, according to the Fitchburg Po...

May 10, 2023
2:40 AM

FITCHBURG, Wis. (WKOW) -- A Fitchburg man is in custody after hitting another person with a handgun over the weekend, according to the Fitchburg Police Department. Lt. Andrew McCarthy said officers were dispatched to an apartment in the area of Post Road and Traceway Drive around 1 p.m. on Saturday for report of a fight. The 911 caller reported one of the people involved had a gun and used it to hit another person. After officers arrived, they found the suspect, who took the gun out of his waistband and threw it on the floor behind him, where it landed near a young child.

Wyatt Bandt