1 dead, officer injured in Neenah standoff

One man was killed and a police officer was injured in a hostage situation that effectively closed downtown Neenah for hours Saturday.
A man was arrested at the scene shortly after 1 p.m., Neenah Police Chief Kevin Wilkinson said at a news conference Saturday evening.

The man who died was shot at by officers when he came out of the business and refused to drop a gun, Wilkinson said. He is not the same man who police think started the disturbance and reportedly fired one or more shots inside the business, he said. Police do not know if the man they shot at was also shot inside the business during the disturbance.


Wilkinson declined Saturday to release the names of the man who started the disturbance, the officer and the man who died. He said it was normal for the man who died to be at that business.
Wilkinson said police were called for a disturbance at Eagle Nation Cycles in the 200 block of Main Street shortly before 9 a.m. They initially thought a man had fired at least one shot from a gun and that he had taken hostages.