St. Francis Police respond to man with gun outside FBI Building

A man with a gun refused to leave the FBI Building in St. Francis Saturday night, resulting in a brief police standoff.

Shortly before 11 p.m., the St. Francis Police Department received a call from a security officer at the FBI building who reported a man that was parked near the guard shack and was refusing to leave.

The 60-year-old Cudahy man had asked to see a female who was not employed in the building. The man also had a handgun in his waistband.

Officers from the St. Francis Police Department and Cudahy Police Department made contact with the man who was refusing to leave. After a brief standoff with police, the man was taken into custody.

Officers were able to recover the handgun after the man tossed it onto the ground. No shots were fired by the police or by the suspect.

The suspect will be questioned by police and then taken to the Milwaukee County Jail. The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office will review the incident in the near future for potential charges.

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