HUDSON, Wis. (WJMC) — The man accused of killing a woman and involved in a three-hour standoff with police in Hudson on Sunday has been named.
54-year-old Chad A. Haworth was named as the suspect by Hudson police. Authorities said officers were called to his apartment on Sunday afternoon for a welfare check and he made comments about someone being danger. Haworth refused to come out of the residence and standoff ensued.
It ended with him walking out and taken into custody without further incident. Inside the apartment building, police found a shotgun and a woman deceased. She has not been named.
Haworth was charged in St. Croix County Court with felony charges of first-degree homicide, mayhem and aggravated domestic battery intending great bodily harm, all involving the use of a dangerous weapon. A one million dollar cash bond was set.