2 Waukesha Officers Injured When Theft Suspect Resists Arrest: Police

WAUKESHA, WI — Two Waukesha police officers were injured Tuesday evening when they arrested a man who turned out to be a shoplifting suspect after he came into the station to report a complaint against his neighbor, according to a news release from police.

Officers met with the man around 7:47 p.m. in the department's lobby to hear a complaint but as they were speaking, police figured out he was a suspect in an earlier retail theft, the news release said. Police then tried to arrest the man but he "actively resisted arrest" in the lobby, police said.

The suspect broke free and ran out of the station's front doors where officers again tried to arrest him on the front lawn, police said. The suspect started assaulting the officers and at one point elbowed one in the face and punched another in the head, according to police.

Other officers deployed their Taser multiple times to control the man, police said, and he was eventually subdued and arrested. Meanwhile, two officers were hospitalized with minor injuries at Waukesha Memorial Hospital, where they were treated and released, police said.

The suspect was treated at Waukesha Memorial Hospital and released then arrested and brought to the Waukesha County Jail, police said. Police said they don't plan on releasing the man's identity until he is charged, which is expected to come Wednesday.