Overview

• Police received reports of gunfire just before 8 p.m. Thursday at the Wisconsin House Apartments at 477 W. Main in downtown Waukesha.
• The department’s Tactical Unit and negotiators responded, evacuated residents for safety, and engaged in a standoff at the building.
• Shots were fired from an upper-floor unit where the 31-year-old suspect had been staying for a few weeks, according to residents.
• Police say bullets did not exit the building but penetrated nearby apartments and caused property damage, with no neighbors reported hurt.
• After the standoff, officers found the suspect had shot himself in both legs; he survived, remains hospitalized in custody, and has not yet been charged.