Police arrest man for fighting on sidewalk outside the State Street bar Whiskey Jack's

Police were called to disperse a fight that erupted outside Whiskey Jack’s Saloon early Thursday morning when a 27-year-old male suspect allegedly punched another man “for no reason,” Madison Police Department officer Howard Payne said in a report.

Police took Mitchell McGann into custody at approximately 1:50 a.m. on charges of battery and disorderly conduct. According to the report, McGann told police the 22-year-old victim instigated the violence when he made “inappropriate” contact with McGann’s girlfriend.

McGann proceeded to punch the victim twice in the eye on the sidewalk outside Whiskey Jack’s Saloon, located at 552 State St., before fleeing to a nearby restaurant, Payne said in the release. Police picked McGann up shortly after.