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Wisconsin Gov. Evers identifies officers killed in traffic stop

Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has identified the two police officers shot and killed during a Saturday traffic stop in Cameron, and plans to lower flags to half-staff.

Gov. Tony Evers has identified the two Wisconsin police officers who were killed in a shootout.

TWO WISCONSIN POLICE OFFICERS KILLED DURING TRAFFIC STOP

Evers identified the officers in a tweet Monday as Emily Breidenbach of the Chetek Police Department and Hunter Scheel of the Cameron Police Department. The governor offered his condolences to their families and said he planned to sign executive orders lowering U.S. and Wisconsin flags in their honor once funeral arrangements have been made.

WISCONSIN MAN KILLED BY SUSPECT FLEEING POLICE IN STOLEN CAR

According to the Justice Department, the officers conducted a traffic stop Saturday afternoon in Cameron that ended in an exchange of gunfire with an individual. Both officers were pronounced dead at the scene. The individual involved died at a hospital. Authorities have not released that person’s name.

Cameron is a village of 1,700 people in northwestern Wisconsin. Chetek is a city of about 2,200 people roughly 9 miles southeast of Cameron.

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