Authorities have asked the Waukesha County District Attorney’s Office to consider charges against a 51-year-old man suspected of shooting at a Village of Pewaukee home.
In a news release posted on the Village of Pewaukee Police Department’s Facebook page Sept. 24, police said they responded to a report of shots that had been fired in the 100 block of Marshall Street, just west of Highway 16, shortly before 10 p.m. Sept. 23. Officers confirmed that bullet casings were found there and that a house had been struck.
Police arrested the suspect about one block away, at a residence in the 100 block of George Street. A firearm was recovered, police said.
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Police Chief Timothy Heier said an investigation has begun and the department has referred potential charges to the district attorney’s office.
Contact reporter Jim Riccioli at james.riccioli@jrn.com.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Gunshots strike Village of Pewaukee home, suspect arrested nearby