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MATC ceremony disrupted
MATC ceremony disrupted
MILWAUKEE -- A graduation ceremony was interrupted by an arrest on the Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) campus. Police say a student caused a disturbance not once but twice Tuesday night, Dec. 11 during the nursing pinning ceremony.
"I think they handled it well. I think they knew what was going on," said Amy Matecki, MATC student.
Amy Matecki wasn't inside Cooley Auditorium at the time of the incident, but she was on campus.
"Did see them lining up for their program," said Matecki.
MATC's public relations coordinator says the event was stopped when an enrolled student entered the auditorium and walked to the front of the space and was behaving erratically. The audience was moved to safely.
The unnamed man was removed by campus security. The audience returned and the pinning ceremony resumed.
"The program resumed and the man reentered the space again and apprehended," Matecki said.
Amy Matecki learned about the incident from a campus alert.
"We were able to determine it was an unarmed person who caused the disruption and is a current student," said Matecki.
According to a witness attending the event, the man was tackled and removed.
"That person who is disrupting is really disrespectful," said Coral Garcia, MATC nursing program student.
Coral Garcia and her brother, Peter, are both in the nursing program.
"It's kind of odd how he got in if he's not part of the nursing program," said Peter Garcia, MATC nursing program student.
Milwaukee police responded shortly after 6 p.m.
MATC released the following statement on the incident:
Milwaukee police did not release the name of the suspect because he was not charged with a crime and only cited for the disturbance.