Suspect with Knife Arrested

• Case number: 25-0487
• Incident date: March 30, 2025, 11:32 pm
• Incident type: Weapons Offense
• Location/address: 100 Block of East Campus Mall

On Sunday, March 30, 2025, at approximately 11:30 p.m., a UWPD officer was flagged down by three individuals near 105 East Campus Mall who reported an unknown person just threatened them with a knife. Nobody was physically injured in the incident. The suspect was last seen heading toward Regent Street.

The incident triggered a WiscAlert to campus.

On Monday, March 31, Dwayne Burrell, 41, Madison, was identified and arrested as the suspect in this case. Burrell was booked into the Dane County Jail on tentative charges of disorderly conduct with a dangerous weapon enhancer. Burrell is not affiliated with UW-Madison.