Post by coots on Mar 26, 2015 0:24:12 GMT -5
Suspected Robbery Suspect Shoots and Kills Wisconsin Cop
FOND DU LAC -- A Wisconsin state trooper and a bank-robbery suspect were fatally shot late Tuesday afternoon on the west side of Fond du Lac.
The robbery suspect appears to be the same person who robbed a bank in the tiny Marinette County village of Wausaukee earlier in the day, and may have also fatally shot a man in his 60s near Wausaukee. Marinette County Sheriff Jerry Sauve said the robber and his vehicle were located in Fond du Lac, where he exchanged gunfire with a trooper.
Trevor Casper, the Wisconsin State Patrol trooper who was shot and killed in Fond du Lac on Monday. He was from Kiel
A Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation spokesman confirmed the trooper's death in a 10 p.m. news conference near the site of the incident near the West Johnson Street Pick 'n Save store. Police did not identify any of the victims, and said no other information would be released until Wednesday.
The Wisconsin Department of Justice identified the slain trooper as Trevor Casper, and the bank robbery suspect as Steven Timothy Snyder of Michigan.
Casper, who was from Kiel, joined the State Patrol in December as a member of the 60th recruiting class, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation's website. A Facebook tribute page has been established for Casper.
In Wausaukee, the man robbed the State Bank of Florence, 290 Main St., at 1:43 p.m., fired a shot from an handgun, and fled, Sauve said. Authorities raced to the area and began a search for the man, saying he was armed, dangerous and might have had an accomplice.
They were unable to locate him, but did find the body of a man along Jermac Road east of Wausaukee. The man had been shot; a vehicle from the bank robbery was found nearby.
Rest In Peace Trooper Casper
FOND DU LAC -- A Wisconsin state trooper and a bank-robbery suspect were fatally shot late Tuesday afternoon on the west side of Fond du Lac.
The robbery suspect appears to be the same person who robbed a bank in the tiny Marinette County village of Wausaukee earlier in the day, and may have also fatally shot a man in his 60s near Wausaukee. Marinette County Sheriff Jerry Sauve said the robber and his vehicle were located in Fond du Lac, where he exchanged gunfire with a trooper.
Trevor Casper, the Wisconsin State Patrol trooper who was shot and killed in Fond du Lac on Monday. He was from Kiel
A Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation spokesman confirmed the trooper's death in a 10 p.m. news conference near the site of the incident near the West Johnson Street Pick 'n Save store. Police did not identify any of the victims, and said no other information would be released until Wednesday.
The Wisconsin Department of Justice identified the slain trooper as Trevor Casper, and the bank robbery suspect as Steven Timothy Snyder of Michigan.
Casper, who was from Kiel, joined the State Patrol in December as a member of the 60th recruiting class, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation's website. A Facebook tribute page has been established for Casper.
In Wausaukee, the man robbed the State Bank of Florence, 290 Main St., at 1:43 p.m., fired a shot from an handgun, and fled, Sauve said. Authorities raced to the area and began a search for the man, saying he was armed, dangerous and might have had an accomplice.
They were unable to locate him, but did find the body of a man along Jermac Road east of Wausaukee. The man had been shot; a vehicle from the bank robbery was found nearby.
Rest In Peace Trooper Casper
