ALLOUEZ, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – A man is in custody after a several hour standoff with deputies in Allouez.
East River Drive was blocked off between Somerset Drive and East Briar Lane while authorities responded to a welfare check at about 7 last night.
Brown County Sheriff’s deputies say a family member called 9-1-1 when the man became very emotional and started tearing the home apart.
Deputies say when they arrived to the duplex the man barricaded himself in the upstairs with several knives and a crowbar.
Eventually, Lt. Kevin Pawlak of the Brown County Sheriff’s Department tells WLUK, the man was safely taken into custody.
“Our negotiator really did a fine job. He would make a few demands and our negotiator would make a few demands. They worked it out. Eventually he asked him to make a phone call to a loved one and he promised if that happened he would come out. Fortunately, he did”
Deputies say two other adults and two children were in the duplex.
However, they were able to safely make it to a neighbor’s house during the standoff.
