Police have released a photo of the suspect involved in shooting two police officers Friday morning.
Two officers were shot just after 1:30 a.m. Friday in Delafield, police said.
Residents in Delafield were being asked to avoid the area of Highway 83 and Golf Road.
Delafield police said two officers, one from Delafield police and the other from Hartland police, were responding to a call for service regarding a hit-and-run crash at the Holiday Inn Express and shots were exchanged between the suspect and the officers. The officers were injured.
The suspect, identified as Nathanael Benton, 23, is still at large and considered armed and dangerous. Police say he is also wanted for an incident in North Dakota.
The injured officers were taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Fargo Police Department have been searching for Benton since Nov. 1 in relation to another incident. On their Facebook page, the department said "thoughts and prayers" were with the injured officers in Delafield and Hartland.
An emergency alert was sent to Waukesha County area residents just before 4:30 a.m. Friday, urging them to avoid the area and to take shelter if they lived in the immediate area.
The Waukesha County Sheriff's Office urged everyone to also avoid the area of I-94 at CTY Road SS and CTY Road C.
Please avoid the area of I94 at Cty rd SS and Cty rd C. This is an active scene.
— Waukesha County Sheriff (@WaukeshaSheriff) November 6, 2020
WisDOT said both eastbound and westbound lanes of I-94 at WIS 83 were closed. The lanes reopened just before 9:30 a.m. Friday.
Hartland Lakeside School District said schools will be closed Friday due to the ongoing search for the suspect. The district sent an email to families Friday morning say there would be no virtual classes and that school would resume on Monday, Nov. 9.
"Please keep your own children inside today until the suspect at large has been taken into police custody. Our thoughts and prayers are with the police officers and their families," said Nancy Nikolay, the HLSD superintendent.
Lake Country School announced Friday morning that it was delaying school for two hours.
Lake Country School District said it would delaying school and bus routes by two hours.
Pewaukee schools announced that schools would be closed, for both virtual students and in-person.
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