Person killed in Shawano Police involved shooting

SHAWANO, WI — State investigators and the Shawano County Sheriff’s office are investigating an officer involved shooting that left a Shawano resident dead. Shawano City Police officers were called to a home in the 900 block of Lafayette Street for a disturbance that took place around 5:00 PM Saturday. Officers were directed toward the basement of that house and came across one person with their hands raised in the air and another holding a shotgun. One officer fired at and struck the armed person. Officers immediately began life saving measures on the individual, who was then taken to a local hospital and later died. No police officers were injured in the incident. The officer involved in the shooting is now on administrative leave, which is standard procedure in such cases.