Police: Boy, 12, to officers at mall: ‘I’m going to kill you, your wife, your children’

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A boy was arrested on multiple charges at a Madison mall Tuesday night after threatening officers and their families, police said.

Madison police said a private security officer called police at 8:24 p.m. after several young men caused a disturbance at the West Towne Mall food court.

Police said one of the boys, a 12-year-old who had a look-alike gun tucked in his waistband, continued to escalate his behavior as an officer tried to calm him down.

Backup officers arrived at the mall, and the boy, who was refusing to identify himself, yelled out multiple threats to officers, saying, “I’m going to kill you, your wife and your children.”

Police said the boy had a black BB gun that looked like a 9mm pistol. He was taken to the Juvenile Reception Center on tentative charges of battery or threat to a law enforcement officer, being a juvenile who is armed with a firearm or pellet gun, disorderly conduct and resisting or obstructing arrest.

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