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Meijer Hostage Standoff Ends in Shooting | Milwaukee News
A tense hostage standoff at a Meijer in Waukesha ended with a 26-year-old officer firing a shot that critically wounded the suspect — a 59-year-old man who’d called police himself claiming he had someone. Officers found the suspect wielding a knife near the victim; when he refused to drop it, the officer acted under threat to life. The suspect, now in critical condition, was treated with a tourniquet before transport. The victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries. The officer, on administrative leave while the Greenfield PD investigates, appears to have followed protocol — though details…
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