Wisconsin Homeowner Holds Fleeing Suspect At Gunpoint For Police

A good guy with a gun held a fleeing suspect at gunpoint in front of his house earlier this week, an action which led to the bad guy’s arrest.

According to WEAU 13, the incident began when a Wisconsin State Patrol trooper made a traffic stop along Interstate 94 near Eau Claire. Captain Gerald Voight says the trooper noticed the smell of marijuana coming from the vehicle.

In a panic, the man inside the vehicle soon shoved the trooper and took off on foot toward Markgraff Road near the interstate. He then stole a vehicle from a nearby farm and began driving down Markgraff Road. What started off as a routine traffic stop had snowballed into a full-fledged police chase involving the Wisconsin State Patrol and Eau Claire County Sherriff’s Department.

The suspect eventually crashed the stolen car in front of a home owned by a man named Josh Maas.

“I hear a big crash and it almost sounded like a tree fell down on the sheds,” he said. “So, I popped out and looked out the window. See a cop car go flying by. Next thing you know, a guy’s coming out of the ditch running towards the house. So, I yell out the window, grabbed the gun, come out the door and confront him right there.”

As WEAU 13 reports, Maas used his .30-06 hunting rifle to hold the suspect until police caught up. The bad guy was transported to an area hospital to be treated for injuries and then sent to county jail.