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Pleasant Prairie Police took a 59-year-old man into custody after tactical officers hit him with “less lethal impact rounds” after a standoff Monday night.

Police were called to the 8500 block of 48th Avenue at about 7:15 p.m. after residents reported a neighbor was outside his house firing weapons. Police Chief David Smetana said it appears the man was firing indiscriminately, not targeting any person or home in the neighborhood, which is filled with single-family homes.

When police arrived, the man had gone into his house. Pleasant Prairie Police set up a perimeter around the house, and the Kenosha County Tactical Response Team arrived with tactical officers and negotiators.

The man was alone inside the house.

Residents of the surrounding area received alerts from the reverse 911 system urging them to stay in their homes and stay away from the area.

Smetana said, as the tactical team was starting to attempt to contact the man, they heard a gunshot inside the house and the man then walked outside.

“He was not armed when he came outside, but he was not following the commands of the tactical officers who were on the scene,” Smetana said.