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Oshkosh
Couple Arrested During Investigation of Police Shooting
By Jerry Burke
It appears detectives have arrested the man they believe shot an Oshkosh police officer Saturday night. The Winnebago County Sheriff's Department says a "man of interest and his wife" were arrested Monday night.
Mark and Kimberly Jungwirth live just a few houses from where the officer was shot. They were taken into custody as they returned from a trip up north. According to investigators, the two left shortly after the shooting.
Witnesses told police Mr. Jungwirth appeared to be under the influence of something.
Both were in court Tuesday afternoon but neither was charged with the shooting. Instead they're charged with manufacturing a controlled substance in their house, namely marijuana.
"As the police were doing their door-to-door search on the night in question, they came upon the Jungwirth house and they found what is allegedly called a growing operation going on," District Attorney Bill Lennon said.
The Jungwirths were free after posting bond Tuesday.
The Jungwirth house became the focal point of the investigation. Police got a search warrant and that's when they found the Jungwirths were allegedly growing marijuana in the basement. The D.A. says that's also when detectives found things that indicate Mark Jungwirth may be the one who fired the shot.
We do know police are looking all over for the bullet that was fired but went through Officer Nate Gallagher's arm. They did find a shell casing in Jungwirth's yard. The D.A. said it's possible someone other than Jungwirth could have pulled the trigger.
"It's fair to say he's a person of interest. He's one of the people we've interviewed, he's one of the people we've gone to seeking some answers," Lennon said.
Jungwirth has hired a lawyer and is refusing to cooperate with police.
We won't know until Wednesday what police removed from the Jungwirth's house. That's when the search warrant will be returned to the Clerk of Courts office.
People in the neighborhood welcomed the latest developments. Neighbor Rick Seefeldt said, "I'm relieved that they possibly caught the guy. I've got two kids, my brother-in-law's got a few kids, and we don't need this kind of stuff running around here."
"I grew up in Oshkosh for about eight years," Seefeldt continued, "and to find out something like this happens on the street in this nice neighborhood, it's just nuts. But I'm glad if they got him in custody. I'm glad if they can solve this whole thing and we can go back to living without fear."
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Oshkosh police ask neighbors to scour yards for missing bullet
Associated Press
OSHKOSH, Wis. - Investigators are asking residents of an Oshkosh neighborhood to scour their yards and property for the bullet that hit a police officer.
Officers said Wednesday that they plan to circulate fliers along several blocks in the area where Officer Nate Gallagher was shot in an unprovoked attack Saturday. They're asking people to search for metal bullet fragments or any new property damage.
"A person of interest" has been identified in the shooting, but police don't yet have enough evidence to send the case to the district attorney, Sgt. Steve Sagmeister said.
Gallagher, a 5-year veteran, was shot in the right arm while speaking to another police officer outside his squad car. Many people heard the single shot, but investigators have been unable to find anyone who saw the shooter.
Gallagher was treated and released from a local hospital Sunday.
Er...sounds like this search may also be unconstitutional. If you don't have a valid right to randomly search houses looking for a gun, then anything you find in those searches will also be bounced.
Idiots!
The very serious charges the original post makes are not supported by the wbay.com story. If these illegal searches and confiscations did take place they should be prosecuted to the fullest extend of the law, but let's not fly off the handle before the facts are in.
"the police were doing their door-to-door search "
Is this legal? I thought unless they saw a fleeing felon they couldn't enter a house without a warrant.
Not charged with the shooting but they had to get their EEEEEVILL marijuana charge in there. No mention of whether they had been drinking /SARC.
BTW..how DO you manufacture marijuana? I wish I knew!