BROWN COUNTY (NBC 26) — Portions of WIS 29 at FF eastbound in Brown County were closed due to a police pursuit following a welfare check.
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Officer Dan Van Lanen of the Hobart-Lawrence Police Department confirms that police were called to do a welfare check on a 30-year-old Hobart man.
Police found the man on the highway, and the man lead police on a short chase.
While attempting to stop the vehicle, an officer had an accidental discharge of weapon and shot himself in the hip region. The officer was taken to a local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
The Hobart man was barricaded in his car for over two hours but was later taken into custody.
WIS 29 reopened just before 3:30 p.m. after being closed for two hours.
