CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - The Latest on a shootout in central Wyoming that left one man dead and an police officer critically injured Sunday (all times local):
3:40 p.m.
The Wyoming police officer wounded in a shootout on Sunday has been identified as Jacob Carlson.
Casper Police Chief Keith McPheeters released the wounded officer’s name Tuesday.
He says Carlson, who remains in critical condition at the Wyoming Medical Center, was shot about five times during the shootout.
McPheeters says Carlson has been with the department for three years and is an Army veteran.
Casper police say the shooting occurred Sunday afternoon when a man pulled a firearm and fired at two officers called to check on a vehicle in a dirt lot. The officers returned fire and killed the man, identified as David P. Wolosin, of Casper.
The Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation is investigating the shooting and is declining to release any details.
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11:16 a.m.
Wyoming authorities are releasing few details about a shootout on Sunday in Casper that left a 38-year-old man dead and a police officer wounded.
The Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation is investigating the shooting and is declining to release any details.
Casper police say the shooting occurred Sunday afternoon when a man pulled a firearm and fired at two officers called to check on a vehicle in a dirt lot. The officers returned fire and killed the man, identified as David P. Wolosin, of Casper.
The wounded officer’s name was not made public.
The officer was being treated at the Wyoming Medical Center in Casper where he was in critical condition.
Casper Police Chief Keith McPheeters says the wounded officer may have been shot at least five times.
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