LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) — Police arrested a Lincoln man after a couple was threatened at gunpoint on Valentine’s Day.
Officers took 25-year-old Tatum McArthur into custody Saturday evening. He is charged with a single felony count of terroristic threats.
Tatum McArthur(Lancaster County Jail)
According to an arrest affidavit, a man and woman were walking across the parking lot to the Olive Garden along East O Street.
As they were walking, someone driving a Toyota Corolla sped past, nearly hitting them. According to police, the woman shouted for him to slow down, and the driver, later identified as McArthur, extended his middle finger.
More words were exchanged before McArthur pulled out a handgun, pointed it at the couple from the driver’s seat and told them to back up “before you get shot,” police said.
The man pulled the woman into the Olive Garden after the incident, and McArthur parked in the food pickup stall. Officers contacted him at the Olive Garden, and he denied pointing a firearm at the couple.
Officers found a handgun under his driver’s seat, and the woman was able to identify it as the weapon that was pointed at her, court records show.
McArthur was arraigned on Tuesday, and his bond was set at 10 percent of $50,000. His next court date is set for March 16.
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