DELAFIELD, Wis. (AP) — Police say a man suspected of shooting two police officers in Wisconsin and who is wanted in North Dakota for an attempted murder has been arrested following a large-scale manhunt. Delafield Police Chief Erik Kehl says the man was arrested without resistance in a field not far from the Holiday Inn where the officers were shot early Friday in Waukesha County, about 27 miles west of Milwaukee. Police earlier identified him as 23-year-old Nathanael Benton, wanted in Fargo for a shooting. Law enforcement officers had been looking for the suspect for about nine hours after he fled from the shooting about 1:40 a.m. outside the Holiday Inn, which is less than a mile from where he was arrested.
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UPDATE (WKOW) — A man considered “armed and dangerous” after shooting two police officers in Waukesha County has been arrested, according to WISN. The gunman allegedly approached police with his hands up after a resident reported seeing him. WISN sites Delafield Police Chief Erik Kehl as a source for its story.
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DELAFIELD, Wis. (AP) — Police say two officers were shot and wounded in Wisconsin by a man wanted for attempted murder in North Dakota. In Wisconsin, Delafield police say the two officers confronted a man early Friday suspected of a hit-and-run crash outside a Holiday Inn in Waukesha County, about 27 miles west of Milwaukee. Chief Erik Kehl says the officers’ wounds are not believed to be life-threatening. Police in North Dakota say they were notified Friday morning that the shooting in Delafield involved 23-year-old Nathanael Benton, a man wanted in their city for attempted murder. He remains at large.
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