2 fugitives arrested on Stockbridge-Munsee reservation

Two fugitive suspects wanted in connection with a shooting incident in Green Bay earlier this month were arrested by police on the Stockbridge-Munsee Reservation Friday, according to the Stockbridge-Munsee Police Department.

Manuel Mendoza and Delores Garcia were taken into custody after a search warrant was executed on River Road on the reservation Friday afternoon.

A 27-year-old man had been shot in the back during the April 7 incident in Green Bay, according to Green Bay police. There was no further information available on his condition.

Police had been looking for Mendoza and Garcia for questioning in connection with the incident. The pair were believed to have ties to Green Bay, Shawano and the Menominee Tribal reservation areas and were considered armed and dangerous.

Stockbridge-Munsee police developed information that the two might be at a residence on the reservation.

Just before 4 p.m. Friday, authorities executed a search warrant at the residence.

Mendoza and Garcia were taken into custody without incident, Stockbridge-Munsee Police Chief Jim Hoffman said.

A firearm and suspected illegal drugs were located at the residence and taken as evidence.

Another 25-year-old man at the house was also taken into custody without incident and is being held on local charges, Hoffman said.

Mendoza and Garcia were first transported to the Shawano Jail and later transferred to the custody of Green Bay police.

Local charges are pending further investigation.

The operation was a joint effort between Stockbridge-Munsee and Green Bay police, the state Department of Criminal Investigation, the US Marshal’s Service, Shawano and Menominee Tribal police, and the Menominee and Shawano counties’ sheriff’s departments.