GoFundMe started for injured undercover officer shot during shooting spree
By Caroline Reinwald
RACINE COUNTY, Wisconsin (WISN) A GoFundMe has been set up for the Racine County undercover investigator who was hit during a shootout last Tuesday morning.
Blurry cell phone video shows the moments after the undercover investigator was involved in the shootout. Officials said it was with a man who went on a killing spree last Tuesday morning.
Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling said the shooting spree started around 7:30 a.m. on July 13 at the Pilot gas station on Highway K.
Schmaling said the shooter, 32-year-old John McCarthy, shot and killed 22-year-old Anthony Griger of Elkhorn, then tried to steal Griger’s car, but couldn’t drive it.
Gas station shooting: Deputy recovering, fundraiser started
Deputy recovering, shot at Racine County gas station
An undercover sheriff s office investigator, shot during an exchange of gunfire with a gas station shooting suspect, is home and recovering, a friend told FOX6 News.
RACINE COUNTY, Wis. - The Racine County deputy wounded in an exchange of gunfire with a gas station shooting suspect is now at home but has a long recovery process ahead.
As an undercover investigator, the deputy s name is not being released – but that is not stopping his friends from finding a way for him to be recognized.
The shooting unfolded at a Mobil gas station on County Highway K the morning of July 13. The deputy was shot while pumping gas.
GoFundMe started for injured undercover officer shot during shooting spree
The people who started the GoFundMe said it is meant to help cover expenses for the officer s family during his road to recovery Share Updated: 9:50 AM CDT Jul 23, 2021
GoFundMe started for injured undercover officer shot during shooting spree
The people who started the GoFundMe said it is meant to help cover expenses for the officer s family during his road to recovery Share Updated: 9:50 AM CDT Jul 23, 2021
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Show Transcript KNOW THAT INVESTIGATOR. CAROLI:NE I AM STANDING THE SPOTS WHERE THAT SHOOTOUT HAPPEN LEDAST WEEK. PEOPLE WHO KWNO THE UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATOR SHOT IN THAT INCIDENT SAY HE HAS A LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY, AND HOPING HIS GOFUNDME HELPS HIMITH W THAT. CELLPHONE VIDEO SHOWS THE MOMENTS AFTER AN UERNDCOVER SHERIFF’S INVESTIGATOR WAS INVOLVED AIN SHOOTOUT WITH A MAN WHO WENT ON A KILLING SPREE JULY 13. RACINE COUNTY’S SHERIFF SAYS IT STAEDRT