A 30-year-old Kenosha Police officer was recovering Sunday after he was shot through the abdomen while in pursuit of a suspect in an alleged vehicle break-in in the 4600 block of Sheridan Road early Saturday, authorities said.
The condition of the officer, who has two years of service with the department, was not immediately known.
“He’s out of surgery,” Sgt. Leo Viola said.
The officer, who was not identified, was transported with a gunshot wound to a local hospital, according to a police department media release. The injury was not believed to be life threatening, according to the release.
The officer had responded to the area to investigate a vehicle entry complaint at around 4:30 a.m. when he located a person matching a description that was provided by a complainant, according to the release.
As the officer attempted to investigate, the suspect produced a firearm and shot the officer. The officer returned fire, but it was not known whether the suspect was injured. Police said the suspect fled the scene. According to initial police radio traffic, the officer was reported down at 50th Street and 13th Avenue. No detailed description of the suspect was available.
Law enforcement officers from the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department, Pleasant Prairie Police Department and Wisconsin State Patrol also responded to the scene of the shooting, along with a K9 unit which searched the area. The suspect, however, remains at large.
Police requested the assistance of the Wisconsin Department of Justice, Division of Criminal Investigation. The investigation has since been turned over to state police officials, who could not be reached for comment Sunday.
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Horse-drawn carts and a crowd of employees stand along the lakefront during the April 1892 fire that burned down the Simmons Manufacturing Co. factory.
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This is the N.R. Allen’s Sons Tannery in 1870, just a few years after being established. The business grew into one of the largest tanneries in the country. This photograph was likely taken from the top of the Pennoyer Water Cure, a health resort in Kenosha.
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Employees at the N.R. Allen’s Sons Tannery roll out strips of sole leather, circa 1910.
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An employee treats wagon wheels at the Bain Wagon Co. The Bain Wagon Co. produced wagons and wagon components from 1852 to 1926.
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This is a gathering of 25-year employees in 1922. The Bain Wagon Co. produced wagons and wagon components from 1852 to 1926.
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This is an 85-foot Pirsch snorkel truck built for the Kenosha Fire Department. On May 14, 1964, the city of Kenosha became the first city in Wisconsin to own a snorkel, a fire engine with an elevated platform on an extendable arm.
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Workers man the automatic weaving machines at the Simmons Manufacturing factory in the early 20th century.
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This photo of the Redeker & English delivery van was taken between 1880 and 1914. Redeker & English was a hardware firm that was located in an adjoining building to the First National Bank.
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This is the interior of a storage room at the Bain Wagon Co. factory. The company was founded by Edward Bain in 1852 and closed its doors in Kenosha in 1926. The last wagon made at the Kenosha factory was sold to a Kenosha resident.
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This ship is docked in front of the N.R. Allen’s Sons Tannery, looking north across the Pike Creek, circa 1900.
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School children enjoy a hay rack ride. The photograph was taken between 1880 and 1914.
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A man waters plants in the greenhouse at the Zalmon G. Simmons residence.
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The Pennoyer Sanitarium stood where St. Catherine Commons is now located. It was built in 1880 and razed around 1930.
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This YMCA building stood at the corner of Main and South (Sixth Avenue and 59th Street), where Friendship Park is today. In 1913, the building was sold to Fred Larson to convert into retail space and was then known as the Regnar Building.
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Two Pirsch open cab aerial ladder trucks extend their ladders, circa 1930. Nicholas Pirsch began producing fire engines and ladders in 1857. By 1970, the Pirsch Co. became the largest manufacturer that focused exclusively on the production of fire equipment. The company stopped operations in 1986 and claimed bankruptcy in 1987.
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This view from Lake Michigan shows the Simmons Manufacturing Co. factory still smoking after the fire in April 1892.
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A spotlight shines on a 1956 Hudson on center stage at an American Motors Corp. exhibition introducing the new AMC automobile and Kelvinator appliance lines.
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This a view from the Allen Tannery chimney looking east. The Allen Tannery was located where the Kenosha Municipal Building now stands.
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Workers pave Park Avenue, now Seventh Avenue, sometime between the years 1896 and 1906.
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Frank Lyman and party catch frogs. Lyman was the son of Frederick Lyman, who came to Kenosha in 1843 and was a wholesaler and retailer of boots and shoes.
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This view shows the Kipp Montegomery Co., a lumber dealer, and the Simmons Manufacturing Co.
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Nash Motors Building 45, Service and Export, is shown being constructed in May 1952. The view is looking east on 52nd Street across the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Electric Railroad tracks.
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Hides stacked and hanging in a dry-loft of the N. R. Allen Sons Tannery. Between 1,200 and 1,500 hides were dried and sorted daily. The photograph was taken circa 1920.
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The Chicago Northwestern Depot stood at the same spot the current station exists. The station was built in 1899 and was raze to make way for the current station, that was built in 1948.
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Employees operate sole leather rolling machines at the N.R. Allen’s Sons Tannery, circa 1910.
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Tests are done with a 1915 Jeffery Quad loaded with bricks in a muddy field. Thousands of the trucks were ordered by the French and British governments for World War I.
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In this photo titled “Castaways,” a group sits on a rock along the Kenosha lakeshore. The photo was taken between 1880 and 1914.
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Golfers enjoy a round on a course that existed in the late 1800s on what is now the Allendale neighborhood.
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This view looks north across Pike Creek at a partially wrecked N. R. Allen’s Sons Company factory building in 1937. After the tannery had gone out of business in the 1920s, the buildings were used for other purposes, including the office and storerooms of the Works and Progress Administration. The Schlitz Hotel can be seen in the background.
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Workers pose for a photograph in the tire department at the Thomas B. Jeffery automobile plant in the 1910s.
Terry Flores
Reporter
