Suicidal 15-year-old fires about 100 shots
A ninth-grade boy fired about 100 shots Saturday morning inside his home in an upscale Hudson, Wis., neighborhood. Both the Star Tribune and the Pioneer Press covered the story. The Star Tribune posted a short summary of the incident while the Pioneer Press included quotes from officers and summary comments from neighbors.
The 15-year-old called his friends and talked to them about how he was tired of life after his parents left to see a movie.
The boy’s friends called the police when they heard shots in the background.
When the police arrived, they evacuated neighboring homes and took shelter. The standoff lasted for more than three hours while the police reached the boy through his friends.
The police never returned fire. “It became fairly apparent that what he was doing was not directing fire at officers,� said St. Croix County Sheriff Dennis Hillstead.
After the police persuaded him to surrender around noon, paramedics rushed him to Hudson Hospital. He was later transferred to the Mendota Mental Health Institute in Madison, Wis., for a 72-hour emergency hold for mental evaluation.
Neighbors described the boy as a “good kid,� and said the incident is shocking and uncharacteristic.
No one was hurt during the incident other that cuts on the boy’s hands and feet. The interior of the home and surrounding houses were damaged.