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A University of Iowa football player and former Omaha South star reported to police this week that he was threatened at gunpoint in northwest Omaha.

Noah Fant, a tight end for the Hawkeyes, told police that a man pointed a gun at him about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday near 104th Street and Fowler Avenue.

Fant, 19, who lives nearby, said he was at Sunnyslope Park when the man approached him and demanded that he leave the area. The man, who told Fant he was a concealed carry permit holder, pulled a black handgun from his waistband and pointed it at Fant, Fant told police.

As he left, Fant said he was calling the police.

Police officers searched the area and saw a 23-year-old man in a nearby driveway whose clothing matched the description provided by Fant. Officers said the man ran into the garage and shut the door.

Police knocked at the door and spoke with the man’s mother, who then agreed to have the man speak with the officers.

The man seemed “very agitated and highly intoxicated,” according to a police report.