Man Arrested In Pebble Valley Road Gun Incident: Police

WAUKESHA, WI — Waukesha police say one person has been arrested following an apparent domestic violence incident on Pebble Valley Road Tuesday morning. Tuesday's report comes about 10 days after a shooting incident between a man and police in the area. Waukesha police told Patch the two incidents are unrelated.

Waukesha police said officers were sent to a home in the 2500 block of Pebble Valley Road just after 4 a.m. Tuesday on a report that a 26-year-old man pointed a gun at a woman's throat, and hit her with the gun.

Police said the woman managed to get away from the man to safety. Paramedics from the Waukesha Fire Department treated her at the scene early Tuesday, authorities said.

Police said the man was inside the house when police arrived. Officers set up a perimeter around the house in order to get him safely outside without the situation escalating any further.

According to police, the man inside and officers stationed outside began talking just before 6 a.m. He was arrested a short time later, police said.

Waukesha police said at least one gun was recovered from the home, and nobody else was injured during the incident.

Shooting Incident Sunday

Waukesha police say they were called to a home in the 2400 block of Pebble Valley Road just after 8 p.m. on July 5 on a report that a 45-year-old white man attempted to strangle a woman inside the house. Police said they approached the house, set up a perimeter and began to try to negotiate with him.

According to police, the man brandished a handgun and told the woman he was going to shoot family members and police officers during the strangling incident. Police learned the woman was able to get away from the man, along with three young children that were also in the house just before police arrived.

Waukesha police said they tried talking with the man, when he suddenly began shooting at officers from a window in his home. The gunfire struck an armored vehicle that officers were occupying, police said.

Officers fired back, police said. After an exchange of gunfire, officers tried talking to the man again but had no success, police said. Officers entered the man's home, where he was found dead by an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.

Police said they found two guns in the home.