ONEIDA, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say an Oneida tribal police officer shot and wounded a person during an early-morning incident in the parking lot of the police department.
State Department of Justice officials said in a release that police dispatch saw someone drive a vehicle into the department’s parking lot about 1:30 a.m. Sunday. Authorities say the person got out of the vehicle and was acting erratically.
Dispatch asked a police officer to come back to the department and investigate. The officer and the person in the lot eventually exchanged gunfire.
The person was transported to a local hospital for treatment of serious injuries. The officer was not injured.
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