WESTON, WI (WSAU) — One person is dead after a “critical incident” in Weston involving a police officer and a man with a blade.
Officers were called to a home on Mountain View Avenue at approximately 11:15 PM Wednesday for a report of a man who was assaulting a woman with a blade.
Less-than-lethal rounds were deployed, but the man refused to back down. Two officers then fired their handguns and injured the suspect.
Life-saving measures were unsuccessful and the suspect died at the scene.
The woman was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. No update on her condition was provided.
The Wisconsin Department of Justice is handling the investigation. None of the officers involved in the incident were injured, and the officers who fired the live rounds have been placed on leave.
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