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University police responded late Tuesday morning to a report of a woman with homicidal intentions, police reports stated.

The woman was meeting with a Family Practice Center social worker at about 11:30 a.m. when she said if she had a gun, she would kill the man who shot her son, reports stated.

The woman said her son was shot by a man in his 20s who lived on the north side of Tucson, reports stated.

According to reports, her son has recovered from the shooting but lives in fear of the man.

The woman told the social worker she had received death threats aimed at her son from a third party on behalf of the man who shot him, reports stated.

When police arrived, the woman was outside on the west side of the Family Practice Building, 1450 N. Cherry Ave., and had been crying, reports stated.

The woman told the officer that she would shoot the man if she saw him, reports stated.

According to reports, the woman told both the officer and the family practice employee she would voluntarily commit herself to the University Medical Center for counseling.

The officer took her to UMC.

A UA student reported Tuesday afternoon that her hubcaps were stolen from her car while it was parked in a campus-area lot, reports stated.

Police went to the parking lot, 201 N. Park Ave., at about 2 p.m. and noticed all four silver hubcaps were missing from the student's 1997 Nissan Altima, reports stated.

The student told police she parked her car at 3 p.m. Thursday, and the hubcaps were missing when she returned at about 5 p.m. on Friday.

Police have no leads in the investigation, reports stated.

Police responded Tuesday after a UA student reported her wallet was stolen during the weekend, reports stated.

The woman went to a house party, 1104 E. Seventh St., Friday night at 9:30 p.m., reports stated.

She said she placed her backpack in an open room with other people's belongings and when she returned at 1 a.m., the wallet had been taken from her bag, reports stated.

Her ATM card, three gas cards, Arizona driver license, $4 in cash and a $50 check made out to her were in the wallet, reports stated.

A UA employee reported her wallet stolen Tuesday from a campus building, reports stated.

The woman, who works at the Harvill Building, 1103 E. Second St., said she thinks her wallet was taken while she was in and out of her office between 2 and 4 p.m., reports stated.

She said the wallet was sitting on her desk, and it was missing when she went to grab it, reports stated.

The wallet contained debit cards, credit cards and $2 in cash, reports stated.

A UA student had her backpack stolen Tuesday from the U of A Bookstore, reports stated.

The woman placed her backpack in a storage bin at 10:40 a.m. at the bookstore, 1209 E. University Blvd., and went into the store, reports stated.

She returned to get her backpack at about 10:45 a.m. and discovered it was gone, reports stated.

She told a bookstore employee what happened, and the employee advised her to wait a while before contacting police to see if it had been taken mistakenly, reports stated.

After her bag was not returned, she contacted UAPD at 1:36 p.m., reports stated.

The Jansport backpack was valued at an estimated $45, reports stated.

The backpack contained her keys, a pair of sunglasses valued at an estimated $40, a psychology textbook and her CatCard, reports stated.

A man called police Tuesday afternoon after his vehicle was broken into and several items were stolen, reports stated.

The man parked his 1995 Dodge at midnight in the Sigma Chi fraternity parking lot, 1616 E. First St., reports stated.

According to reports, the rear driver's side window was broken when the man returned at 9 a.m.

A stereo amplifier valued at an estimated $400, speakers from the doors valued at an estimated $200 and a cellular phone valued at an estimated $150, were stolen from the vehicle, reports stated.