WINONA, Minn. – Classes began late at the Winona High School after a false alarm that a suicidal man might have shot himself at nearby Lake Winona. Students arriving for the day were met at the door and told not to linger in a central concourse but to go directly to their first-period classes and wait out the situation. Meanwhile, police searched lake parks for the man. His mother said he had texted her that he was at the lake and had shot himself and did not want to die. The man, age 33, was located about 9:25 a.m. in an apartment in the 50 block of East Fourth Street. Although in crisis, the man was safe and not injured, police said. The man never made threats toward others, police said. The precautions at the high school were out of an abundance of caution, said spokesperson John Casper.
