Green Lake man flown to hospital with life-threatening injuries after Saturday weapons call

GREEN LAKE - A 28-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries after police responded to a weapons call late Saturday morning.

The Green Lake Police and Sheriff's departments responded about 11:30 a.m. to a call about a man running into an apartment with a firearm in the 600 block of South Street, according to Green Lake County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Mark Putzke.

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When officers arrived, they found a 26-year-old woman and her downstairs neighbor, a 50-year-old man, had already left the home, according to the Sheriff's Office. Another man was in the upstairs apartment with a weapon.

Authorities blocked off an area near the apartment and notified neighbors, while the Green Lake Combined Tactical Unit responded to the scene. As authorities were trying to contact the man, he came out of the upstairs apartment.

He had life-threatening injuries, according to the Sheriff's Office. A ThedaStar Flight for Life helicopter took him to ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah.

Authorities are still investigating the incident but say it appears to be a domestic dispute that involved a struggle over the firearm that took place before the 911 call.

In addition to Police and Sheriff's departments, the Tactical Unit and ThedaStar Flight for Life, the Wisconsin State Patrol, the Marquette, Fond du Lac and Winnebago county sheriffs' offices, the Winnebago County Tactical Bearcat Unit, Green Lake Ambulance and Medic and Fire Department responded to the scene.