The Waukesha Police Department was dispatched to a Meijer store on Thursday evening after they received a call from an adult male saying that he was armed with a knife and had taken a hostage.
Waukesha police shot a 21-year-old man they say had a knife and took a shopper hostage inside the store Thursday night. Witnesses say the man was running around the store, going after people with a weapon.
Friday morning, the Meijer store reopened in Waukesha.
Witnesses Ryan Klenz and Susan Phipps were shopping when the situation unfolded. They say the incident began near the front of the store, where the suspect had a confrontation with a Meijer employee…