By Associated Press - Tuesday, August 22, 2017

TOWN OF FRANKLIN, Wis. (AP) - A man has been shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy in Kewaunee County.

Sheriff Matt Joski says the incident happened about 8 p.m. Monday in the Town of Franklin. He didn’t immediately release details, but said the deputy was not injured and there’s no threat to the public.

Wisconsin’s Department of Criminal Investigation is looking into the incident.



Neither the deputy nor the man who was shot was immediately identified.

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