Kenosha police take man into custody following standoff in the 5300 block of 39th Avenue | Local News

A small crowd is beginning to gather on 53rd Street and 39th Avenue at the site of a Wednesday night standoff in which a man barricaded himself in a house before surrendering to Kenosha police after more than two hours. According to police, the man was wanted in connection with an incident involving gunfire in the early evening.

Kenosha policemen stand on the street south of 53rd Street and 39th Avenue after a Wednesday night standoff in which a man barricaded himself in a house before surrendering after more than two hours. According to police, the man was wanted in connection with an incident involving gunfire in the early evening. He was taken into custody unharmed.

The scene of a Wednesday night standoff in the 5300 block of 39th Avenue where a man barricaded himself in a house before surrendering to Kenosha police after more than two hours. According to police, the man was wanted in connection with an incident involving gunfire in the early evening.

A stalemate ended with a man finally surrendering to Kenosha police and being unharmed after barricading himself in a house on the 5300 block on 39th Avenue for more than two hours late Wednesday.

The man was arrested at 10:22 p.m. after the incident, which started shortly before 8 p.m., said Sgt. Josh Hecker of the Kenosha Police Department. The man’s identity was not disclosed.

Earlier police radio traffic indicated that the authorities had tried several times to negotiate with the man and ask him to surrender. Some of the man’s family members also spoke to him by phone when armed officers surrounded the house. He was eventually handcuffed and taken to a police car by several officers without incident.

Hecker said the stalemate was linked to a report of gunfire in the area of ​​the 2800 block of 63rd Street.

“We received information that a person who was interested in (shots) was either at this location in the 39.

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However, at some point during the stalemate, members of the man’s family and friends gathered outside across the street from the crime scene, with several recording the actions outside the home. They waited eagerly for the man to come out.