Waukesha Meijer hostage situation, police shooting; suspect identified

The Brief

  • Waukesha police have now identified the suspect at the center of a hostage situation and officer-involved shooting that happened at Meijer.
  • Formal charges from the Waukesha County District Attorney’s Office are expected later this week, police said.
  • Police also said one of the officer’s shots hit the hostage victim in the hand.

WAUKESHA, Wis. Waukesha police have now identified the suspect at the center of a hostage situation and officer-involved shooting that happened at Meijer in late July.

Suspect identified

What we know:

Investigators said 21-year-old Anthony Lehman had a knife and a “clamp tool with two razor blades affixed to the end of it” when he took a man hostage inside the store on July 30.

Police previously said they knew the suspect, now identified as Lehman, and had arrested him before.

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