UPDATE: Three people dead, including suspect, after home invasion near Kewaskum
UPDATE: In their latest press release Wednesday night, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office says they found a second victim killed by an apparent gunshot wound.
That person was found as SWAT officers searched the area surrounding the home where the initial call came in for the suspect.
In total, three people are dead; one victim died at two separate residences, and the suspect after exchanging gunfire with law enforcement.
“It is a sad day for the citizens of Washington County,” says Sheriff Martin Schulteis. “On behalf of the sheriff’s office, we would like to extend our deepest condolences to the victims’ families of this senseless crime. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office is dedicated to providing whatever resources are necessary to provide the families with as much information and closure as we possibly can.”
Snow and ice removal was an arduous process in Washington County Wednesday as the area received a mix of snow and freezing rain Tuesday night.
KCII and the Washington Municipal Airport both measured 6.5 inches of snow, and the National Weather Service Quad Cities Office states that the highest freezing rain accumulations were along the State Highway 34 corridor from Fairfield to Illinois. The Washington County Communications Center received over 30 calls for vehicles stuck on roadways, ditches, or medians.
County Engineer Jacob Thorius says the secondary roads employees worked from about 1-6 p.m. Tuesday and were back on the roads at 5 a.m., making paved routes drivable before noon Wednesday. Thorius describes how the maintenance has been, “This one’s a little more challenging with that ice packing that snow down and the freezing rain just compacting everything. It’s been harder to pop off the road, I just noticed that even my own driveway when I was working on that earlier t