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Kenosha police searching for man with 'suspicious bags' who tried to enter Roosevelt Elementary School

Kenosha police are looking for a suspicious person spotted at Roosevelt Elementary School.
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The Kenosha Police Department is looking for a suspicious person spotted at Roosevelt Elementary School.

District leaders say this man tried to enter the school around 9:00 on Thursday morning, carrying "suspicious bags." When school staff tried to speak with him, the man ran out of the building and into the surrounding neighborhood.

Kenosha police are looking for a suspicious person spotted at Roosevelt Elementary School.
Kenosha police are looking for a suspicious person spotted at Roosevelt Elementary School.

Police say there are officers on the school's campus, but that everyone is safe right now. The school remains on a secure hold, with no one allowed to enter or exit the building.

The person is no longer at the school, but police are asking if anyone has seen them or can identify them. As a precaution, the Kenosha County Sheriff's Office says it will have several uniformed deputies and squad cars at every school in Kenosha County, for added security.

A spokesperson for Gateway Technical College in Kenosha said that was school was also on lockdown Thursday due to reports of a suspicious person. Police eventually determined there was no threat to the campus.

Watch: Search underway in Kenosha to find man who tried to enter school:

Kenosha police searching for suspicious person spotted at Roosevelt Elementary School

KCSO emphasizes that there is no threat to any school, but that deputies are "working out of an abundance of caution."

If you have any information, please give the Kenosha Police Department at call at 262-656-1234.

Read the full press release from KUSD here:

Roosevelt Incident press release by TMJ4 News on Scribd


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