UPDATE: 9PM
WAUKESHA, Wis.- A distress call response turns chaotic in Waukesha after an officer was shot and a woman was found dead in the basement of a home Wednesday evening.
Waukesha Police Captain Dan Baumann says officers were called to the home near Oakdale Drive and Wisteria around 3:30 Wednesday afternoon where they encountered the buildings landlord, who told them there was a female tenant acting erratically in the basement.
Officers were able to breach the entrance of the home but were met by gunfire, and one officer was struck in the chest.
“If that officer was not wearing his ballistic vest that round would have most likely struck him in his upper chest, which is one of the vital organs, and we could have had a much different story tonight,” Baumann said.
During a brief press conference Baumann said officers returned fire, but it was unclear if the woman was struck by their shots. Her cause of death is unknown pending an autopsy by the Waukesha County Medical Examiners office.
Baumann says Waukesha Police used an unmanned drone to fly into the basement of the home where it located the woman covered in blood and not moving. Officers then entered the basement and found the woman unresponsive.
An investigation into the shooting is ongoing.
ORIGINAL POST: 5PM
WAUKESHA, Wis. — More than 20 units from the Waukesha Police Department are responding to a residence on the 1600-block of Oakdale Dr for reports of shots being fired and a suspect barricading herself in a basement.
The Waukesha Police Department confirming that they are on scene and it is an officer involved shooting.
The woman, who is suspected of suffering multiple gunshot wounds, is reportedly hiding inside of a home on Oakdale Dr, which has been closed to the public. Calls for backup have been issued across Waukesha County Sheriff agencies, per Waukesha Alerts.
They say that dozens of police crews responded to the scene since an initial call was put out. At least four crews from the Waukesha Fire Department are on the scene as well.
WTMJ has reason to believe that a drone unit was deployed to check the basement, where police allegedly saw the bloody suspect incapacitated on the ground. Sniper teams are en route to surround the scene as authorities prepare for the next steps in recovering the suspect.
This is a breaking news story. An update and/or follow-up will be issued once further details are revealed.
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