WINONA, Minn. – Police arrested a man fleeing from a street fight outside Gabby’s bar and then finding a gun he had been carrying. Patrick Julius Walker, 34, fell as he was running. A pursuing police officer jumped on Walker and cuffed him. Meanwhile a crowd from Gabby’s was gathering on the street. The scene turned chaotic. The crowd turned on the officers and shouted for wWalker to be released — even though police had been called to quell the street fight after Walker reportedly showed .45-calibre pistol on his belt. Applying their crowd-control training, officers managed both to cuff Walker and get him into a squad car and take him seven blocks to jail. The others retreated back into Gabby’s. This was about 12:05 a.m. As best as police could reconstruct the disturbance, Walker was upset at disrespect he perceived toward a woman in the bar. The disturbance spilled outside. Walker reportedly slapped three others in their faces. As police arrived, someone pointed to Walker in a yellow shirt as carrying a gun. He broke and ran, heaving a metal object away as he fled. The object, which clunked on the street, turned out to be a .45-caliber pistol, police said. At jail Walker was found to be carrying 1.6 grams of meth. He was booked for:
> Threatening violence.
> Possessing drugs.
> Possessing a firearm without a permit.
> Obstructing the legal process.
> Fleeing police.
> Engaging in disorderly conduct.
> Being a predatory offender.
Walker. Reportedly he objected to someone uttering bad words about a woman. He came to her defense. A disturbance ensued, went into the street, and turned chaotic.
Gabby’s. 179 East Third Street on a quiet morning after.