OCONTO FALLS, Wis. (AP) — Police in Oconto Falls have identified an officer who was shot last week at an apartment building.
WLUK-TV reports Nicole Blaskowski was shot Friday while responding to a report of a kidnapping at the building. The police department says Blaskowski is married and has three children.
According to a criminal complaint, she was shot while trying to calm down the suspect, 29-year-old Alisha Kocken. The two fought and Kocken grabbed Blaskowski’s gun and fired it three times, hitting Blaskowski in the head.
Blaskowski was taken to a hospital in Green Bay. She has since been released. Kocken faces nine charges, including attempted first-degree intentional homicide.
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