Graphic from Sheboygan County Emergency Management
(UPDATE: As of 7:00 p.m. the Sheboygan Police Department advises that the situation has been resolved.)
A “Shelter in Place” order was issued by Sheboygan County Emergency Management for residents in the vicinity of 9th and Humboldt Avenue in Sheboygan at around 10 a.m. this Wednesday morning.
Residents in that area only were informed that “due to a law enforcement response we are asking area residents to shelter in place until further notice.”
A Nixle alert issued by the Sheboygan Police Department just before noon today said that they “responded to an emergency in the 2700 block ofSouth 9th Street beginning around 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 13th. The threat has been contained at the residence involved and there is no danger to the general public at this time. However, please avoid the area. More details will be released at a further time.”
Initial reports suggested that schools in that vicinity were on lockdown, and external media quoted Superintendent Seth Harvatine as acknowledging the measure at Sheboygan South High School, Farnsworth Middle School and Wilson Elementary due to an incident…”, and that it would be lifted “when it is safe to do so”.
UPDATE: As of 1:30 p.m., the Sheboygan Police Department released the following:
“The threat has been contained at the residence involved and there is no danger to the general public at this time. However, please avoid the area. More details will be released at a further time.”
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