A suspect was taken into custody Thursday after Wisconsin police mentioned a teen tried to enter an elementary college in Kenosha whereas doubtlessly armed.
In accordance with authorities, an individual tried to enter Roosevelt Elementary Faculty in Kenosha “with suspicious baggage.” When confronted by college employees within the entryway of the constructing, the particular person fled the college into a close-by neighborhood, officers mentioned.
The college was positioned on a “safe maintain” and simply after 2 p.m. Thursday, authorities mentioned a 13-year-old was arrested.
Although they didn’t verify if a weapon was on the teenager on the time of the confrontation, they mentioned they believed firearms have been contained in the bag he carried.
“We consider that this was really an armed suspect with a firearm, and there was no respectable cause to enter the college,” Kenosha Police Chief Patrick Patton mentioned at a information convention following the arrest.
Police shared video displaying the teenager working towards “rudimentary strategies” with a rifle and proof confirmed he performed a number of web searches associated to highschool shootings, authorities mentioned.
“At this time we skilled one thing that each one college employees and households concern — a possible college capturing,” Kenosha Unified Faculty District Superintendent Dr. Jeff Weiss mentioned on the information convention, in keeping with NBC affiliate station TMJ4. “At this time we’re grateful.”
Weiss mentioned the “security work” carried out by the college prematurely of the incident “prevented additional tragedy.”
Officers urged mother and father to speak to their kids and “when you see one thing, say one thing.”
Roosevelt Elementary is lower than two miles from the place a teen gunned down two males on Aug. 25, 2020, throughout protests over the capturing of a Black man, Jacob Blake, by Kenosha police.
Rather less than 15 months after the deadly shootings, a jury discovered Kyle Rittenhouse not responsible of all prices. Rittenhouse, who’s now 21, testified in his personal protection and mentioned the deadly shootings have been acts of self-defense.