By Mollee Francisco, Correspondent 

A Chaska man and former basketball star who played for the Minnesota Gophers was taken into custody Monday night following a three-hour standoff with police.

Former Associated Press Player of the Year and Gopher men’s basketball player Shane Schilling, 28, will now face felony level charges for allegedly making terroristic threats and fifth-degree drug possession.

According to Chaska Police Chief Scott Knight, who confirmed the suspect was the former basketball star, officers were called to the Clover Field Marketplace at 2915 Clover Ridge Drive just before 7 p.m. Monday for a reported altercation between two males and a female.

They arrived to find a broken window and heard “screaming and yelling” coming from inside the apartment, Knight said. Despite the occupant’s claims that there were more people inside the apartment, Schilling was the only one in the apartment when law enforcement arrived.

According to police documents, officers spoke with the man through the door to his apartment where his demeanor “alternated between being upset, agitated, profane and screaming to unresponsive.”

He allegedly made “repeated threats toward the police officers that included he would kill them, cut them up, and that there would be bloodshed,” documents stated. The threat of violence forced Chaska police and fire departments to seal off the area, blocking adjacent streets and evacuating residents from the apartment building.

Carver County sheriff deputies, Ridgeview Ambulance and County Emergency Response Team also responded to the incident. 

Knight said it was “not clear” what the suspect's exact issues were, but around 10 p.m. he suddenly “wandered” out of his apartment where officers were able to apprehend him.

After the suspect was placed in custody, Sgt. Jon Kehrberg escorted the apartment manager and a maintenance person into the apartment to repair the broken window, documents stated. Upon entry, Kehrberg saw a broken television screen, damaged doors and “cuts consistent with a knife on the wall.”

“A red folding razor blade knife, two baggies and white crystal powder”- confirmed in court as methamphetamine- were also visible on the kitchen table. Documents stated that there was another knife and suspected marijuana present.

Schilling was named the AP Player of the Year in 1999 when he played at forward for the Minnetonka Skippers men’s basketball team. He went on to play for the Minnesota Gophers team.

According to Minnesota Daily archives, Schilling left the Gophers his junior year after being suspended for violating team rules. In 2007, he was in court facing charges of attempted robbery, motor vehicle theft and receiving stolen property. Schilling reportedly received three years probation after a Hennepin County judge found him guilty of the robbery charge.

Schilling made his first appearance in Carver County Court Wednesday morning to face charges of terroristic threats and drug possession. Judge Richard Perkins set his bail at $5,000 cash and ordered his transfer to a secured psychiatric unit at Abbott Northwestern.

“There is a concern for public safety as well as personal safety here,” said Perkins.

During his bail hearing, Schilling was argumentative with the judge, interrupting him multiple times to remind the judge that he is innocent until proven guilty and to question his decision to send him to a psychiatric bed.

“Can I ask why you’re sending me to a psychiatric unit?” he asked. “I don’t understand what you’re doing. I don’t understand why.”

Schilling was further ordered to stay medication compliant. His next court date has been scheduled for June 19.

A 28-year-old Chaska man was taken into custody Monday night following a three-hour standoff with police. He could now face felony level charges for making terroristic threats.

According to Chaska Police Chief Scott Knight, officers were called to the Clover Field Marketplace at 2915 Clover Ridge Drive just before 7 p.m. Monday for a reported altercation between two males and a female.

They arrived to find a broken window and heard “screaming and yelling” coming from inside the apartment, Knight said. Despite the man’s claims that there were more people inside the apartment, he was the only one in the apartment when law enforcement arrived.