Sheboygan Police Department
The Sheboygan Police Department spent much of Wednesday managing a tactical situation that began at 9:55 a.m.. That’s when a call for assistance was received from a 31-year-old Sheboygan man who was working at a home in the 2700 block of South 9th Street. The man told dispatchers that as he was working on a door, something blew up in his face. First responders found the man with a gunshot wound just under his right eye. He was treated at the scene and taken to a local hospital, but later flown to Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa for specialized care. His injuries were said to be non-life threatening.
Precautionary lock-downs were put in place for a short time at Sheboygan South High School, Farnsworth Middle School and Wilson Elementary School, while residents in the immediate vicinity were told to “shelter in place.”
Officers set a perimeter around the home, beginning an investigation that indicated that the person responsible was likely still inside. Multiple attempts to contact the person were made via phone and from outside, but all were unsuccessful.
The Sheboygan Police Department’s Emergency Response Team was then deployed and used noise distraction devices and other methods in attempts to prompt the individual into communicating. Eventually, contact was made between the subject and the Emergency Response Team, which worked “diligently” to persuade the individual to come out. After the individual again refused to comply, a search warrant to enter the home and arrest the subject was obtained. However, when officers attempted to enter the home a gunshot was heard from inside. A drone was deployed to safely investigate, and it revealed a 52-year-old man deceased from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The incident is now under investigation by the Sheboygan Police Department and the Sheboygan County Medical Examiner’s Office. Until family members are contacted and support services are coordinated, there will not be any names released.
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