A Madison police officer was flagged down on the 300 block of State Street Wednesday night after an argument on a Madison Metro bus escalated into a fight, according to a report.
Police arrested Timothy McLeod, 22, for battery at approximately 10:42 p.m. after he allegedly started an argument with a 54-year-old city bus passenger for “looking at the suspect the wrong way,” Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain said in a statement.
According to the report McLeod and the victim departed the bus at different stops, but a physical altercation ensued when the two encountered each other again later that night.
The victim then pointed out McLeod to a nearby police officer and said the suspect punched him multiple times in the head, according to DeSpain.
Neither man was injured, according to the report, and McLeod told police he attacked the man for trying to rob people.
