Madison Police officers were dispatched to Dick’s Sporting Goods located in the East Towne Mall shortly after 3 p.m. on the afternoon of Thursday, Dec. 28, for a report of a subject who had dropped a handgun while leaving the store, according to a police incident report.
The caller reported that the subject had dropped the gun in the vestibule area of the store, between the exterior and interior doors. Further, it was relayed to officers that the subject was acting unusually in the store prior to dropping the firearm.
Numerous officers were able to respond to the area quickly and located the subject near another business in the immediate vicinity. As officers confronted him, the subject was noncompliant and began reaching for his right hip area. Despite officers continually giving verbal commands to the subject to show his hands and surrender, he then ran from the officer.
As the subject was running, he threw the loaded handgun onto the ground in front of another storefront in the East Towne Mall area. Ultimately, officers were able to take the subject into custody safely near yet another business without further incident.
Jonathan M. Reese Jr., age 19, was booked into the Dane County Jail on one count of carrying a concealed weapon and one count of resisting an officer.
