Location

April 08, 2023

US-8 and County Hwy SS
Cameron, Wisconsin

Participants

Incident Characteristics

• Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
• Officer Involved Incident
• Officer Involved Shooting - Officer killed
• Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator killed
• Assault weapon (AR-15, AK-47, and ALL variants defined by law enforcement)

Notes

man wanted on child support warrant stopped in Barron Co.; Officers Breidenbach (Chetek PD) and Scheel (Cameron PD) fatally shot in exchange of gunfire near US-8 junction with County Rd SS

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

• Type: 223 Rem [AR-15]

Sources

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• URL: https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/cameron-police-officers-killed-western-wisconsin/

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• URL: https://www.wqow.com/news/top-stories/update-two-police-officers-and-suspect-killed-after-gunfire-exchanged-during-traffic-stop-in-barron/article_8fc89c7e-d662-11ed-8d01-7ba95ebc14f3.html

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• URL: https://bringmethenews.com/wisconsin-news/second-wisconsin-officer-killed-in-traffic-stop-identified-as-hunter-scheel

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• URL: https://www.wiscnews.com/news/state-and-regional/killer-of-wisconsin-police-officers-had-warrant-history-of-domestic-abuse-authorities-say/article_9bfc6e6f-d373-5a2a-b15a-5b5bf6ee4c8e.html

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• URL: https://www.cbs58.com/news/suspect-accused-in-barron-county-officer-killings-had-warrant-tied-to-child-support-payments

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• URL: https://www.wqow.com/news/top-stories/the-epitome-of-evil-barron-county-da-gives-report-on-officer-involved-shooting/article_b032e09a-f66b-11ed-9299-238f3b5b8562.html

District

Congressional District: 7
State Senate District: 25
State House District: 75