Security Guard in Waukesha Pulls Gun On Co-Worker To Be 'Funny'

WAUKESHA, WI — Waukesha police had to arrest a security guard in charge of helping to guard the apartment at 322 Maple Ave. after he reportedly pulled a gun and a knife on another security guard because he thought "it would be funny."

322 Maple Ave. was the apartment structure that caught fire last Saturday.

According to the police report, a caller who works for a security company that was guarding the Maple Ave. apartments met another employee in the parking lot Sunday around 11 p.m. when he pointed a black handgun at the woman. She also reported that the same man pulled a knife on her earlier.

Police reports indicate the man was located in the Libarary parking lot in his vehicle. Police took him into custody just after midnight.

The Fire

According to City of Waukesha police reports, authorities responded to the apartments at 322 Maple Ave., Unit 214 at 11:12 p.m. Saturday on a report that the rear of the building was on fire.

The third floor balcony was reportedly on fire, and it was spreading. Authorities shut down traffic at Maple and Dunbar as well as on Prospect as crews hurriedly arrived on scene.

According to reports, a manager went into unit 214, did a sweep and did not locate anyone. Reports indicated that the unit is where the fire had originated from.

By 11:41 p.m. the fire was under control and investigators arrived just after midnight. they were followed by the Red Cross and We Energies.

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