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UW-Whitewater student arrested on gun charges

WHITEWATER â?? University Police arrested Stephen D. Schuerr, 39, of Burlington on Tuesday morning on charges of carrying a concealed weapon and possessing a firearm in a state building.

The arrest took place on the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater campus without incident just after 8 a.m.

Schuerr is a student at UW-Whitewater and came to the attention of University Police after they received information that Schuerr had been carrying a weapon in a backpack that he also brought to campus. The University Police followed up on the information and were able to detain Schuerr before he went to class on Tuesday morning.