NORWALK — A 21-year-old Norwalk man was arrested Tuesday after police say he displayed a handgun and threatened to shoot a 911 caller on Westport Avenue.
Norwalk Combined Dispatch received the emergency call at approximately 4:23 p.m. reporting that a male had displayed a handgun and threatened to shoot the caller in the area of 458 Westport Avenue.
Dispatchers provided responding patrol officers with the suspect’s description and advised that he was last seen walking through the adjacent parking lot.
Officers quickly arrived in the area and located an individual matching the description.
As officers approached the suspect, later identified as Isaiah Mitchell, he was observed removing a handgun from his waistband and passing it into the passenger side of a nearby vehicle.
Officers detained Mitchell and two individuals in the vehicle without incident and secured the firearm.
The on-scene investigation revealed that Mitchell also entered the T-Mobile store during the incident, where he caused a disturbance, prior to threatening the original 911 caller.
The recovered handgun was found to have a defaced serial number and was loaded with 11 .40 caliber rounds in the magazine.
Mitchell was placed under arrest at the scene without incident.
Mitchell, of 8 Norden Place Apartment 354, was charged with carrying a pistol without a permit, threatening in the first degree, possession of a large capacity magazine, alteration of a firearm serial number, carrying a firearm while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drug, and breach of peace in the second degree.
He was held on $500,000 bond with a court date of Oct. 6.
