SHOREWOOD, Wis. — Several schools were placed on lockdown after suspects in a stolen car crashed and fled on foot in Shorewood.
According to the Shorewood Police Department, an officer attempted a traffic stop on a driver in a stolen vehicle around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The driver fled at a high rate of speed and crashed. Two occupants then fled on foot.
Police from Shorewood, Whitefish Bay, Glendale, Fox Point, and UW-Milwaukee set up a perimeter in the area to locate the suspects. Due to this, surrounding schools were placed on lockdown status.
The suspects were found and taken into custody with the help of a Milwaukee Police K9 squad.
The lockdown was lifted around 2:30 p.m.
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