Kenosha police arrested a man believed to be armed who attempted to enter the school

Kenosha police arrested a suspected armed man who tried to enter Roosevelt Elementary School on Thursday.

District leaders say this man attempted to enter the school around 9 a.m. Thursday morning with “suspicious bags.” When school staff tried to speak to him, the man ran out of the building and into the surrounding neighborhood.

Kenosha police are searching for a suspicious person spotted at Roosevelt Elementary School.

The man was later located and arrested shortly after 2 p.m

“We believe this was indeed an armed suspect with a firearm and there was no legitimate reason for him to enter the school,” police said at a news conference Thursday afternoon.

Only the “quick and careful actions” of school staff prevented the man from entering the school, officials said.

Area schools were placed under lockdown while police searched for the man.

Watch a police press conference announcing the arrest:

KCSO emphasizes that there is no threat to any school and that deputies are “proceeding with extreme caution.”

Read the full press release from KUSD here:

Press release on the Roosevelt incident from TMJ4 News on Scribd

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