2-25-25 fdl county man fatally shot by sheriff’s deputy

The Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation is investigating an officer involved shooting in Fond du Lac County.  A Fond du Lac County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a town of Fond du Lac man while the Sheriff’s Office was serving a search warrant on the man.  According to a press release the man had a felony warrant for his arrest.    When deputies located him in the 600 block of Cherrywood Drive he refused repeated commands and one deputy discharged a non-lethal weapon.   When the man produced what deputies believed was a gun, another deputy shot the suspect who was pronounced dead at a hospital.  The deputy has been placed on administrative assignment.