Milwaukee standoff: Man accused of strangulation, child abuse

MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee man is accused of choking a woman and pointing a gun at her in front of two children before engaging in a two-hour standoff with police earlier this month.

In court:

Court records show Tracy Suggs, 24, is charged with five felonies – including strangulation and child abuse – and three misdemeanors. He's being held in the Milwaukee County Jail on $50,000 bond.

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Standoff and arrest

The backstory:

Milwaukee police were called to a home near 10th and Hadley on April 3. A criminal complaint said a 24-year-old woman told officers that Suggs had grabbed her by her shirt collar and slammed her against a refrigerator, causing her to lose consciousness.

Court filings said the woman blacked out and woke up on the kitchen floor. She then grabbed her 5-year-old daughter and ran out of the house to her car, yelling for her 6-year-old son to follow her. Suggs then began to walk to the car with a gun in his hand, and she drove off – leaving the 6-year-old behind.

When police arrived and tried to speak to Suggs, prosecutors said he refused to open the door. A tactical team was brought in, leading to a standoff and "barricaded subject call" as Suggs refused to comply with officers' orders to come out – though he did at times go in and out of the house with a gun. Suggs eventually went outside and was arrested after approximately two hours, and officers found a gun inside the home. The 6-year-old was inside during the standoff.