KENOSHA, Wisconsin (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Police in volatile Kenosha have arrested several people they say may have been planning for a new round of violence Wednesday night.
Authorities say they received a tip about suspicious vehicles with out-of-state license plates in a remote parking lot at Highway 50 and Green Bay Road.
Police officers and U.S. marshals followed them to a gas station near Washington Road and 30th Avenue. Police say people in a black bus and bread truck got out and tried to fill several fuel cans.
Investigators and marshals moved in and arrested people from the bus and truck, inside of which, police say, they found helmets, gas masks, protective vests, illegal fireworks and suspected controlled substances.
Police say a third vehicle with the caravan tried to flee but was stopped.
Nine people are charged with disorderly conduct and could face additional charges.
Officials have blamed out-of-town activists for some of the violence and looting that erupted following the Sunday police shooting of a black man during a domestic call. On Tuesday, an Antioch teen with a semiautomatic rifle allegedly shot three people, killing two of them.
By comparison, Wednesday was reportedly peaceful in Kenosha, where authorities imposed a 7 p.m. curfew. The Wisconsin National Guard is expected to be joined by counterparts from three other states.