WI: Parent Arrested for Handing Teacher, School Admin Cardboard with "Gun" Written on It

A Madison man has been arrested and banned from Shorewood Hills Elementary School after he handed a piece of cardboard with “gun” written on it to a teacher Thursday morning.


Police said there was no danger to the school and didn’t speculate on what the parent’s motive was.


Shorewood Hills Police Chief Aaron Chapin said Jonathan M. Fitzgerald, 35, activated a front door buzzer at the school, 1105 Shorewood Blvd., around 10 a.m., requesting access to the building. When he was allowed in, he walked past the school office where visitors are required to check in, Chapin said.


A staff member followed Fitzgerald as he went down the hall to the classroom his child was in, Chapin said.


“Fitzgerald made statements to the teacher in the room about being an intruder who was allowed access to the school and gave the teacher a piece of cardboard with the word ‘gun’ on it,” Chapin said.

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