One Arrested After Assault in Township of Minong
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MINONG, Wis. - At approximately 3:30 a.m. in Washburn County Dispatch received a 911 call of a person being shot and laying in the road on County I and Rice Lake Road in the Township of Minong.
It was quickly determined that no one was shot and laying on the road.
Preliminary investigation revealed however, a significant altercation occurred between two males in the same vicinity.
Shots were fired but no one was hit.
The altercation and assault resulted in the medical transport of the victim.
The suspect fled the scene with his two minor children.
After a search of the area by deputies, Douglas County Deputies, WI DNR and their aircraft and along with a Face Book post the suspect, Terry Kiefer was located and arrested without incident in the Village of Minong.
The two children were in the vehicle at the time of his arrest and are fine.
After Sheriff Dryden posted on Facebook about this incident dispatch received a call from two individuals that said Kiefer was at the Victory Lane gas station in the Village of Minong.
Kiefer will most likely appear in court sometime Monday for a bail hearing.
Further information will be released until we have finished our investigation.