Lincoln Police were called to 11th and N Street just before 7:00 last night on a report of a man possibly chasing someone with a knife. LPD Captain Todd Kocian says they made contact with 55 year old Derrick Waller who denied having anything to do with it.
“Officers interviewed two individuals who said they were near the bus shelter at 11th & N Street celebrating a personal milestone when Waller told them to ‘settle down.’ The group then began to argue,” Kocian says.
“Waller then reportedly retrieved a knife from his backpack, started swinging it at them while threatening to harm them. Waller eventually left the area westbound on foot and was contacted by police.”
Police recovered a knife with a 10-inch blade, narcotics paraphernalia and a 1×1 inch baggie containing suspected Fentanyl. Waller was arrested for terrorist threats, use of a weapon to commit a felony, possession of a deadly weapon by a prohibited person and possession of a controlled substance.
No one was injured.