Authorities: DUI suspect shoots Wisconsin deputy then self
Authorities say a suspected drunken driver shot and killed a Wisconsin sheriff’s deputy throughout a site visitors cease earlier than working into some close by woods and killing himself
GLENWOOD, Wis. — A suspected drunken driver shot and killed a Wisconsin sheriff’s deputy throughout a site visitors cease earlier than working into some close by woods and killing himself, authorities mentioned Sunday.
Throughout a dialog about discipline sobriety exams, Jeremiah Johnson was “evasive,” drew a handgun and shot St. Croix County Deputy Kaitie Leising in Glenwood, about 60 miles (97 kilometers) east of Minneapolis, the state Division of Justice mentioned.
“After being struck, Deputy Leising discharged her weapon thrice, however not one of the rounds hit Johnson earlier than he fled to the close by wooded space,” the company mentioned.
Folks in one other automobile started lifesaving measures Saturday, however Leising, 29, was pronounced useless at a hospital.
An hour after the capturing, an officer heard a gunshot within the woods and noticed Johnson, 34, fall to the bottom, investigators mentioned.
Leising was employed by St. Croix County in 2022 after she spent roughly two years working for the sheriff’s workplace in Pennington County, South Dakota, St. Croix County Sheriff Scott Knudson mentioned.
Leising’s physique was being escorted by police again to Wisconsin from the medical expert’s workplace in St. Paul, Minnesota.
“We are going to miss her infectious smile and character. She will probably be missed by all she touched,” Knudson mentioned.
