Death by Cop  2021-2025

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Name Not Disclosed

Gender : Male

Age :

Race : Unknown

Date : 10/26/2025

Location : 600 block of Washington Street

City : Fort Atkinson

County : Jefferson

State : Wisconsin

Agency : Fort Atkinson Police Department, Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during disturbance

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 10/26/2025, around 5 p.m., officers with the Fort Atkinson Police Department responded to reports of a disturbance involving shots fired at a home on the 600 block of Washington Street. During the encounter, a Fort Atkinson police officer discharged his weapon, striking a man inside the residence. A rifle was recovered at the scene. The man was transported by air to a Madison hospital where he later died. The Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation is leading the investigation.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.fox6now.com/news/fort-atkinson-shots-fired-sunday-102625
https://www.wmtv15news.com/2025/10/27/fort-atkinson-neighbors-shocked-after-man-shot-killed-by-police/
https://www.wisdoj.gov/PressReleases/10.26.25_Fort_Atkinson_OID.pdf