WINONA, Minn. – Police responded to a midnight call about a man in a black sweatshirt waving a gun around inside the crowded Market Street Tap, but the place was copasetic albeit lively when officers arrived. There were no signs of the fight reported in the 911 call. Meanwhile, another officer on patrol spotted a man in a black sweatshirt jogging down a nearby alley. The man admitted to be carrying a gun in his waistband but said hadn’t brandished it in the bar. Also, he said, the weapon was registered and legal. At the bar: Officers were trying to find out what happened:“Describe the gun, please.” Some said it was black. Some said silver. Some claimed never to have seen a gun. “What about a fight”? Bartenders and the bouncer said they saw nothing. First thing the next morning, police put an investigator on the case. The bar had no security cameras inside or out.
Busy place. Just off Third Street at east end of downtown bar district.