Man arrested after mom told police he threatened to shoot her, officers, himself

Cudahy police told parents, students at Kosciusko Elementary School to go straight home

Cudahy police told parents, students at Kosciusko Elementary School to go straight home

PERSON BEHIND THE WHEEL. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS AND ARMED MAN AND A SHOOTING THREAT POLICE. SAY A 33 YEAR OLD MAN AND CUT A HAY THREATENED TO SHOOT HIS MOTHER AND OFFICERS POLICE SURROUNDED THE HOUSE AT PACKARD AND UNDERWOOD FOR SEVALER HOURS THIS AFTERNOON, PROMPTING NEIGHBORS AND A SCHOOL TO BE ON ALERT. WISN12 NEWS CAROLINE REINWALD JOINS US LIVE AND CAROLINE WITHIN THE HOUR POLICE DIMAD KE AN ARREST. THAT’S RIGHT, AND WE JUSTAW S THE LT OFAS THE POLICE RESPONSE. JUST LEAVE THE SCENE TOYA PUT THE POLICE CHIEF TOLD US THAT THEY MADE THAT ARREST DURING A TRAFFIC STOPOW N 12 NEWS WAS FITRS ON THE SCENE HERE AS OFFICERS DRESSEDN I TACTICAL GEAR GATHERED AT KIRKWOOD AND UNDERWOOD AVENUES TELLING RESIDENTSO T STAY INSIDE THEIR HOME PSOLICE SAY THAT THEY RECEIVED COURT FROM A MOTHER WHO SAID HERON S THREATENED TO SHOOT HER IN POLICE AT A HOME NEAR PACKARD AND UNDERWOOD NOW, SHE SAID SHE’D SEEN HER SON WITH A GUN AT THE HOUSE WITHIN THE WEEK THAT HE WAS HIGHLY INTOXICATED AND SUFFERS FROM MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES FOR WHICH HE REFUSESO T TAKE MEDICATION FOR THIS IS ALL RIGHT AROUND DISMISSAL TIME FOR KOSCIUSKO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS WELL. WHAT WE DID WAS COMMUNICATED THWI THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ULTIMATELY WE HEAV OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER COORDINATE WITH THE STAFF OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. TBU THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DETERMINES WHAT ACTIONS THEY’LL TAKE THERE WERE NO DIRECT THREATST A ANY TIME TOHE T STUDENTS AT ANY SCHOOL OR TO THE SCOLHO ITSELF. WE COMMUNICATED THAT IN AN EFFORTO T MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDED THE UTMOST SAFETY FOR ETH CHILDREN AND TTHA UPON RELEASE THE CHILDREN WOULDN’T BE WALKING THROUGH OUR AREA OF OPERATION. AND IID D JUST HEAR FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OF CUDAHY SCHOOLS MINUTES AGO. TOLD MET THA AGAIN THEY WERE ON SOFT LOCKDOWN KIDS DIDEM RAIN INSIDE THE SCHOOL UNTIL THEIR PARENTS COULD PICK THEM UP A

Man arrested after mom told police he threatened to shoot her, officers, himself

Cudahy police told parents, students at Kosciusko Elementary School to go straight home

A woman called Cudahy police Wednesday afternoon to report that her son had threatened to shoot her, the police and himself at a home in the 5200 block of South Packard Avenue, police said.Police contacted the man, 33, by phone, and he told them he was armed with a handgun and a rifle and again threatened to shoot police."He is known to the CPD, and there have been conflict situations in the past with this individual," Cudahy Police Chief Thomas Poellot said. Police surrounded the house at Packard and Underwood avenues for several hours, prompting neighbors and a school to be on alert.The police department then informed the Cudahy School District and businesses in the area. Kosciusko Elementary School, which is right around the corner"The school was on a soft lockdown after the police notified us that they were addressing a situation near the school. Parents were notified and when it was time for release we asked that they pick students up at one door on the playground," the school district said in a statement to WISN 12. People in the area were asked to say inside.Investigators believe the man left the home before police arrived. At 3:53 p.m., a St. Francis police Officer saw the vehicle the man was suspected to be in.Law enforcement resources were deployed to the area of the 3400 block of Plankinton, in Cudahy, including South Shore Joint Tactical Unit operators, the Cudahy Police K9 team, and the FB Violent Crime Taskforce. A high-risk stop was conducted and the man was taken into custody. The woman told officers her son was very intoxicated and suffers from several mental health disorders, for which he refuses to take medication. South Milwaukee, Oak Creek and Cudahy officers were all at the scene.Anyone with any information is asked to call the Cudahy Police Department at 414-769-2260.

CUDAHY, Wis. —

A woman called Cudahy police Wednesday afternoon to report that her son had threatened to shoot her, the police and himself at a home in the 5200 block of South Packard Avenue, police said.

Police contacted the man, 33, by phone, and he told them he was armed with a handgun and a rifle and again threatened to shoot police.

"He is known to the CPD, and there have been conflict situations in the past with this individual," Cudahy Police Chief Thomas Poellot said.

Police surrounded the house at Packard and Underwood avenues for several hours, prompting neighbors and a school to be on alert.

The police department then informed the Cudahy School District and businesses in the area.

Kosciusko Elementary School, which is right around the corner

"The school was on a soft lockdown after the police notified us that they were addressing a situation near the school. Parents were notified and when it was time for release we asked that they pick students up at one door on the playground," the school district said in a statement to WISN 12.

People in the area were asked to say inside.

Investigators believe the man left the home before police arrived.

At 3:53 p.m., a St. Francis police Officer saw the vehicle the man was suspected to be in.

Law enforcement resources were deployed to the area of the 3400 block of Plankinton, in Cudahy, including South Shore Joint Tactical Unit operators, the Cudahy Police K9 team, and the FB Violent Crime Taskforce.

A high-risk stop was conducted and the man was taken into custody.

The woman told officers her son was very intoxicated and suffers from several mental health disorders, for which he refuses to take medication.

South Milwaukee, Oak Creek and Cudahy officers were all at the scene.

Anyone with any information is asked to call the Cudahy Police Department at 414-769-2260.

Man arrested after mom told police he threatened to shoot her, officers, himself

Cudahy police told parents, students at Kosciusko Elementary School to go straight home

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