Wisconsin deputy killed while responding to drunken driving call

GLENWOOD, Wis. — A western Wisconsin sheriff’s deputy died Saturday night after being shot, the state Division of Justice mentioned.

Based on the DOJ, a St. Croix County deputy was responding to a possible drunken driver in a ditch within the township of Glenwood round 6:15 p.m.

Shortly after attending to the scene, the deputy reported pictures fired. The DOJ mentioned the deputy was shot, hospitalized and later died. They haven’t been publicly recognized.

Authorities mentioned the suspect took off operating and was later discovered useless in a wooded space with a gunshot wound, WCCO reported.

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In a single day, regulation enforcement gathered on the Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Workplace in St. Paul to honor the fallen officer. It is a custom that an officer’s physique be guarded by different officers always.

Final month, officers Hunter Scheel of Cameron and Emily Breidenbach of Chetek have been killed in a shootout after serving a warrant at a visitors cease.

Every week after that, Pope County, Minnesota Sheriff’s Deputy Joshua Owen was killed in a shootout. One other deputy and a Starbuck police officer have been additionally shot, however survived.

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