It’s the little things : 2 police officers killed, suspect dead in shootout in Barron County, Wisconsin

VILLAGE OF CAMERON, Wis. — A suspect killed two police officers during a shootout at a traffic stop before dying at a hospital in Barron County in northwestern Wisconsin on Saturday, officials said.

The shootout happened around 3:38 p.m. in the village of Cameron, about 95 miles east of Minneapolis, according to the Wisconsin Department of Justice.

It began when an officer with the Chetek Police Department conducted a traffic stop, the DOJ said. During the traffic stop, gunfire was exchanged between someone in a vehicle and the responding officer or officers.

Following the shooting, one Chetek Police Officer and one Cameron Police Officer were pronounced dead at the scene of the incident. The person who exchanged gunfire with law enforcement was brought to a hospital, where they died, according to the DOJ. No other specifics were released.

2 responses to “It’s the little things : 2 police officers killed, suspect dead in shootout in Barron County, Wisconsin

  1. Lord of the Fleas's avatar Lord of the Fleas

    Thank you! That sort of illiteracy gets way up my nose. And another one is “suspect”. No excuse at all to use that word in this report. “Suspects” don’t do anything – criminals do. If someone is later thought to be such a criminal and is being sought and/or is arrested, THEN that person becomes a suspect.

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  2. “The person who exchanged gunfire with law enforcement was brought to a hospital, where they died”

    “they”, so no idea whether this person was a man or a woman. What in the hell. Batchit insanity.

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