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Kenosha County deputies shoot homicide suspect at gas station; K9 injured

K9 Riggs shot in forehead

Kenosha County deputies shoot homicide suspect at gas station; K9 injured

K9 Riggs shot in forehead

HOW LONG THE CHILLY WEATHER WILL LAST, COMING UP IN WEATHER WATCH 12. PATRICK: THE OTHER BREAKING STORY WE’RE FOLLOWING, AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING IN NOKESHA COUNTY. IT HAPPENED AT A GAS STATION NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 45 AND 50 IN THE TOWN INVESTIGATORS SAY DEPUTIES WERE AT THE SHELL GAS STATION TRYING TO ARREST A HOMICIDE SUSPECT OMFR CHICAGO. THE SUSPECT RAN AWAY. WHEN THEY RAN AFTER HIM, THAT’S WHEN DEPUTIES SAY HE SHOT THEIR POLICE K-9 IN THE HEAD. DEPUTIES SAY THEY SHOT BACK, WOUNDING THE SUSPECT. THE SHERIFF CALLED THE-9 K A HERO. >> HE INITIALLY TOOK THE SUSPECT WNDO, KEPT HIM FROM RUNNING ONTO HIGHYWA 50, A FELON WITH A HANDGUN, AND WHO KNOWS WHAT THE FELON WOULD HAVDOE NE. WHO KNOWS IF HE WOULD HAVE GONE UP THERE AND TRIED TO CARJACK SOMEBODY AT GUNPOINT, AND HE IS A HERO, AND POSSIYBL SAVED SOMEONE ELSE OMFR BEING INJURED TODAY. TRIC
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Kenosha County deputies shoot homicide suspect at gas station; K9 injured

K9 Riggs shot in forehead

Kenosha County sheriff's deputies shot a man who was a Chicago homicide suspect Thursday morning at a Shell gas station at Highway 50 and U.S. 45 in Bristol.He was driving the homicide victim's car. Three deputies did a high-risk traffic stop. The man took off running and refused to drop his weapon, Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth said.That is when K9 Riggs was released and took down the man while he still had a gun in his hand. Deputies fired more than one shot, the suspect was hit and was wounded in the abdomen and leg, Beth said. Deputies handcuffed the man and then started first aid. He was in custody. The suspect was identified Friday as Allen M. Brown, a 33-year-old resident of Countryside, Illinois. He remained hospitalized and was expected to survive. No deputies were injured, but Riggs was shot and is being treated in Northern Illinois. The German shepherd was shot in the forehead and was in stable condition Friday. "Riggs is a hero and possibly saved someone else from being injured," Beth said. The sheriff said any deputy involved in the shooting will be placed on administrative leave.The Racine County Sheriff's Office is leading the investigation.

Kenosha County sheriff's deputies shot a man who was a Chicago homicide suspect Thursday morning at a Shell gas station at Highway 50 and U.S. 45 in Bristol.

He was driving the homicide victim's car.

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Three deputies did a high-risk traffic stop.

The man took off running and refused to drop his weapon, Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth said.

That is when K9 Riggs was released and took down the man while he still had a gun in his hand.

Deputies fired more than one shot, the suspect was hit and was wounded in the abdomen and leg, Beth said.

Deputies handcuffed the man and then started first aid. He was in custody.

The suspect was identified Friday as Allen M. Brown, a 33-year-old resident of Countryside, Illinois.

He remained hospitalized and was expected to survive.

No deputies were injured, but Riggs was shot and is being treated in Northern Illinois.

The German shepherd was shot in the forehead and was in stable condition Friday.

"Riggs is a hero and possibly saved someone else from being injured," Beth said.

The sheriff said any deputy involved in the shooting will be placed on administrative leave.

The Racine County Sheriff's Office is leading the investigation.