Update: Police take two into custody following shooting near Delavan Lake

By GAZETTE STAFF Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010

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Walworth County Sheriff's deputies investigate the scene at Bennett Street and Townline Road where a man was shot Thursday afternoon.

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A suspect in a shooting near the south side of Delavan Lake Thursday is loaded into an ambulance at the end of Ravenswood Drive in Delavan Township near where he was apprehended. Dan Plutchak/WalworthCountyToday.com.

DELAVAN TOWNSHIP -- Police have taken two men into custody following a shooting Thursday in Delavan Township.

Police responded at about 3:45 p.m. to reports of a man who had been shot near Bennett Street and Townline Road on the south side of Delavan Lake, according to Walworth County dispatch.

Officers spread out for a manhunt for two men. Search dogs were brought in to track the men, the town of Delavan patrolled the shore by boat and a helicopter searched by air.

The suspects fled by foot west around the lake.

One suspect was captured near Viewcrest Drive about 4:25 p.m. The second suspect was taken into custody about 5:25 p.m. near Ravenswood Drive.

The Town of Delavan Police Department is leading the investigation, and the City of Delavan Police Department and Walworth County Sheriff's Office are assisting in the search.

Read more in Friday's Walworth County Gazette, online in the Gazette e-edition HERE, or check WalworthCountyToday.com after 4 p.m.

Kleej
Aug 11, 2010 at 3:45 p.m.
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Too bad the John and Jeff Niles weren't there on the scene. Lives could've been saved!

girlie777
Aug 6, 2010 at 7:23 a.m.
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The shooting was at Bennett St and South Shore Drive, not Townline Road. WOW...talking about facts being straight.

dplutchak
Aug 6, 2010 at 6:17 a.m.
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See today's paper at http://walworthcountytoday.com/frontpage...
We'll have an upated online at 4 p.m.

SarahB1
Aug 6, 2010 at 1:05 a.m.
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One question: Why is a suspect being placed in the rescue squad?

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