Individual Displayed Firearm During TRU REV MMA Event In Burlington

On February 1, approximately 9:47 PM officers from the Burlington Police Department were provided information that there was an individual who displayed a firearm at another individual at the memorial auditorium during the True Rev MMA event.

Officers responded to the location and made contact with the individual and retrieved a black handgun.

The firearm was located and identified as a 9 mm handgun stolen out of Burlington.

The suspect was taken into custody and identified as Robert Walker.

Walker was transported to the Des Moines County jail and booked with the following charges:

  • Felon in possession of a firearm
  • theft in the fifth degree
  • public intoxication
  • carrying a dangerous weapon while intoxicated
  • assault while displaying a dangerous weapon.

Walker will be held with no bond.