GENOA, Wis. – The state Criminal Investigation Department has assumed control of an officer-involved shooting death in this Mississippi River town south of LaCrosse. This external investigation is standard protocol. The DCI’s conclusions will be turned over to the Vernon County district attorney to assess whether charges are warranted against the deputy. In the incident the deputy shot a driver who was fleeing a traffic stop with a second deputy being dragged by the fleeing car. The deputy who fired the shot, meanwhile, has been placed on administrative leave. The officer’s name has not been released by Sheriff Roy Torgeson, whose office is in the county seat, Viroqua, 20 miles from Genoa.
