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White shooting suspect captured alive after ambushing Wisconsin police

Nathanael Benton also had an attempted murder warrant out of North Dakota.

Published

3 years ago

November 9, 2020

It should have been a routine traffic stop. On early Friday morning, a police officer from Delafield, Wisconsin, and another from Hartland, Wisconsin, stopped a suspect vehicle after a hit-and-run accident. Nathanael Benton, 23, ambushed both officers who were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Benton, who is white, was then taken into custody alive and without incident in a nearby field. Police later discovered that he was wanted on an attempted murder warrant in Noth Dakota.

#BREAKING We are receiving an update from the Delafield Chief of Police:
-1 Delafield and 1 Hartland officer were shot they have non-life threatening injuries
-The suspect is believed to be a white male, wearing khakis, a hoodie and a flat brimmed hat
-The suspect is on foot pic.twitter.com/Y9mtTBiFHG
— Amelia Jones (@AmeliaJonesTV) November 6, 2020

Fargo police put out an APB for Benton on November 2, 2020, after shooting a man in the head in Fargo. That person is also expected to recover.

A search of Benton’s social media footprint turned up racist ideation at the time of him completing home school. His social media footprint got quieter in the last few years.

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