Update: As a matter of clarification, Police Chief Dan Meyer told Fort Atkinson Online that the incident on Sunday was identified by the caller reporting it as a suicide. The department is unable to make any confirmations until a death investigation is completed.
By Kim McDarison
The Whitewater Police Department responded Sunday to an incident involving a fatal gunshot wound.
According to Whitewater Police Chief Dan Meyer, police responded to an apartment within the 1000 block of West Main Street Sunday at approximately 2:19 p.m.
Citing an open investigation, Meyer, responding by email, said he could release few details at this time.
Meyer confirmed that a 40-year-old male Whitewater resident was found inside the apartment, and that he had succumbed to a “fatal injury due to a sustained gunshot wound.”
The victim was transported from the scene by Whitewater EMS to Fort Memorial Hospital, Meyer noted.
Meyer responded to questions about the particulars of the incident by saying he was “unable to comment at this time.”
He indicated that no one has been charged with a crime. The Whitewater Police Department is conducting the ongoing investigation, he said.
File photo/Kim McDarison
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