VILLAGE OF LOMIRA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Two individuals suspected of a “serious crime” in Appleton were involved in an altercation with law enforcement in Dodge County Friday, leaving one in custody and another on the run.
At approximately 2:15 p.m., the Wisconsin State Patrol requested emergency assistance from the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office for a dispute in the village of Lomira.
Officials say the incident began when a trooper located two people and a vehicle suspected of a serious crime in Appleton.
“The suspects had attempted to flee the trooper and entered a business in the village. It was believed at least one of the suspects had been armed with a firearm in the original crime,” said a news release from the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office.
As troopers and deputies attempted to contain the suspects, one of the suspects returned to the vehicle and fled the scene, nearly striking a trooper. The vehicle was last known to be traveling southbound on Interstate 41 leaving Dodge County.
The second suspect involved in the altercation fled on foot but was apprehended near Lomira’s southern limits after a coordinated search. That individual was “turned over to the Wisconsin State Patrol for transport to the agency investigating the initial crime.”
Because this incident occurred around the time school was letting out, the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office contacted both schools in Lomira and recommended that no buses leave school grounds. Students were later released around 3:40 p.m.
Law enforcement is searching for the vehicle taken by the suspect still at large.
As deputies were responding, they encountered a vehicle at an extremely high rate of speed southbound in the village of Theresa and a short pursuit was initiated as it was thought that vehicle may have been stolen by the suspect who fled. This pursuit is under investigation, and its involvement in the incident is being investigated.
Officials describe that as a newer, silver-colored Ford Explorer. It was heading southbound on State Highway 175 in Theresa at approximately 3:04 p.m.
Anyone with information regarding that vehicle should contact LT Brian Loos at (920) 386-4117 or bloos@co.dodge.wi.us.
