Two people have been arrested after police said they found six children locked inside a storage unit in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, last Tuesday.

Milwaukee police were dispatched to the storage units near 27th and Silver Spring after receiving a report of a child crying from inside a locked unit, according to court documents.

'We're not supposed to be loud.'

When they investigated the report, police said they heard a child crying and another coughing, so they brought in the Milwaukee Fire Department to cut off the unit's padlock. Inside they found the children, ages 2, 3, 5, 7, and 9 years old, as well as a 2-month-old baby.

The unit had only a bucket for the children to relieve themselves, and police said there was just a small sliver of light coming through the crack of the door.

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