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Janesville Police Department
Saturday March 2nd, 2024 :: 07:29 a.m. CST

Advisory

Janesville Police Department involved in officer-involved shooting.

Our thoughts are with our officers and those within our community who are impacted by an officer-involved shooting that occurred around 10:00 PM on Friday, March 1, 2024.  There are no threats to the public, and no officers were injured during the incident.  We requested the assistance of the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) in investigating the officer-involved shooting.  We are cooperating fully with their investigation.  DCI will be the sole source of information released on this incident. 
Additional information will be released upon the conclusion of DCI’s investigation and a review done by the Rock County District Attorney’s Office.
https://www.doj.state.wi.us/news-releases/officer-involved-critical-incident-investigation-janesville-wis


 
 

Incident Number: JV2409059
Location: 1200 Block N. Parker Drive
By: Sgt. Benjamin Thompson
Date: 03/02/2024
 
 
 
Pursuant to the directive of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, as found in Supreme Court Rule 20:3:6 Trial Publicity, you are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
 
 
 

Address/Location
Janesville Police Department
100 N Jackson St
Janesville, WI 53548

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 608-755-3100

Benjamin M. Thompson
Community Services Division
[email protected]
608-755-3133

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