Police in Marinette say they’ll try to learn more today, as to why a 15-year-old student apparently held classmates and a teacher hostage for more than five hours yesterday. Police say the stand-off inside Marinette High School ended around 8pm last night, when the suspect turned a gun on himself.Chuck Quirmbach reports.
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