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Man wanted in shooting of 2 police officers arrested

Nathanael Benton, 23, also wanted for attempted murder in Fargo

Man wanted in shooting of 2 police officers arrested

Nathanael Benton, 23, also wanted for attempted murder in Fargo

SHELDON: WE WILL GET BACK TO OUR POLITICAL COVERAGE BUT MATT HAS BREAKING NEWS ON THIS MANHUNT. MATT: I SHOWED YOU THE OFFICERS MARCHING THROUGH THE LARGE FIELD. NOW YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A PERSON WITH THEIR HANDS UP APPROACHING THE AREA WHERE THE OFFICERS ARE. THEY ALL HAVE THE GUNS TRAINED ON THIS PERSON. THEY JUST HAD HIM LIFT UP HIS SWEATSHIRT TO SHOW THEM HIS WAISTBAND. HE HAS HIS HANDS LOCKED ABOVE HIS HEAD. LOOKS LIKE THEY MAY HAVE THE SUSPECT IN CUSTODY IN THIS MANHUNT IN THE DELAFIELD AREA. THE OFFICERS SWARMING AROUND HIM. THEY ARE KEEPING THEIR DISTANCE AND WANT TO MAKE SURE HE DOESN’T HAVE HIS FIREARM. I’M ASSUMING THEY WILL MAKE HIM LAY DOWN WITH HIS HANDS ON HIS HEAD. RIGHT NOW HE HAS BEEN SHOWING THEM HIS WAISTBAND AND KEEPING HIS HANDS ABOVE HIS HEAD AS HE WALKS OUT OF THE AREA. I WILL WIDEN OUT TO SHOW YOU WHERE IT IS IN RELATION TO THE HOLIDAY INN. IT IS RIGHT ACROSS THE FREEWAY. HE IS IN A LARGE FIELD OFF OF A SHOPPING CENTER. HE IS SLOWLY MARCHING WITH HIS HANDS UP. LOOKS LIKE HE IS WEARING KHAKI PANTS AND A SWEATSHIRT. WE WERE TOLD HE WAS ABOUT SIX FEET, 215.THIS COULD BE THE SUSPECT COMING UP TO SURRENDER. HE IS LAYING DOWN WITH HIS HANDS UP. HERE THEY GO MOVING IN SLOWLY. WE WILL WATCH THEM TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY. LOOKS LIKE THIS WILL END WITH A PEACEFUL SURRENDER. NOW HE IS PUTTING HIS ARMS BEHIND HIS BACK AS THE OFFICERS MOVE INTO GET THE CUFFS ON HIM. THEY DO HAVE A PERSON IN CUSTODY NOW HERE IN DELAFIELD. SHELDON: WE WILL KEEP YOUR SHOT. IF ANYONE IS JOINING US, THERE IS SOMEONE BEING TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN THE MANHUNT THAT HAD WAUKESHA COUNTY SHUT DOWN ALL MORNING LONG CONNECTED TO THE SHOOTING OF TWO POLICE OFFICERS. WE ARE WORKING TO FIND OUT WHO THIS PERSON IS AND HOW THEY MIGHT BE CONNECTED TO THE CASE. THE PERSON ON THE GROUND YOU ARE LOOKING AT, THAT PERSON WALKED OVER WITH THEIR HANDS UP. THAT PERSON WAS POINTING AND SHOWING THEIR WAISTBAND AND KEEPING THEIR HANDS UP. THE POLICE OFFICER-- ON HIGH ALE OVERNIGHT. THEY WENT OUT AT 3:00 THIS MORNING. IF YOU CAN JUST NARRATE AND TELL IS WHERE THIS IS. MATT: AS WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING THEM SEARCH THE AREA, THEY HAVE SEARCHED UP AND DOWN THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. THEY DECIDED THE SUSPECT WAS NOT IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA. A SHORT WHILE AGO THEY STARTED SPREADING OUT THEIR SEARCH. THEY WENT OFF TO A GIANT FIELD NEXT TO A SHOPPING CENTER. I THINK IT WAS A HOME DEPOT. THERE WERE SHEDS IN THE PARKING LOT. NOW YOU CAN SEE SHORTLY AFTER WE DID THAT REPORT AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR WE NOTICED THEY GOT DONE ON THEIR KNEES AND HAVE THEIR GUNS POINTED. I WIDENED OUT AND SOMEONE WAS WALKING OUT FROM THE AREA. YOU CAN SEE THE TREE LINE HERE BY THESE HOUSES. THAT IS WHERE HE CAME WALKING UP FROM. HE HAD HIS HANDS UP. IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY WAS SURRENDERING. THEY HAD HIM LIFT UP HIS SWEATSHIRT TO SHOW HIS WAISTBAND TO MAKE SURE HE WAS NOT HOLDING WHATEVER GUN HE HAD EARLIER IF HE HAD A GUN. NOW THEY ARE GOING THROUGH HIS POCKETS, TOOK HIS SHOES OFF, MAKING SURE HE DOESN’T HAVE A WEAPON. THEY HAVE HIM SECURED WITH CUFFS BEHIND HIS BACK. RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE A PERSON IN CUSTODY. HE WAS WEARING KHAKI PANTS AND A SWEATSHIRT. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE PERSON WHO WALKED UP WITH HIS HANDS UP WAS WEARING, KHAKI PANTS AND A SWEATSHIRT. SHELDON: DO THE AUTHORITIES RESPONDING NOW HAVE A WEAPON AS THEY ARE PATTING DOWN THE SUSPECT AND CHECKING HIM OUT? MATT: AS HE APPROACHED THEY ALL HAD GUNS TRAINED ON THE SUSPECT. THEY TOOK HIS PANTS OFF. I DON’T WANT ANYTHING GETTING IT ON THE AIR WITH THAT. THEY HAD THEIR GUNS TRAINED ON HIM. AS HE LAID ON THE GROUND A COUPLE OF OFFICERS STARTED CUFFING HIM WHILE THE REST TELL THEIR GUNS ON THE SUSPECT. HE WAS IN THIS AREA OF TALLGRASS. HE STARTED WALKING OUT FROM IT AS THEY APPROACHED. HE PROBABLY REALIZED HE WAS CAUGHT AND STARTED SLOWLY WALKING TOWARDS THE OFFICERS AND SURRENDERED. GOT DOWN ON HIS STOMACH WITH HIS HANDS SPREAD WIDE. DENNY PUT THEM BEHIND HIS BACK AS THEY APPROACHED AND THEY CUFFED HIM. IT LOOKED LIKE A PEACEFUL SURRENDER. THEY ARE GOING THROUGH HIS POCKETS AGAIN. LOOKS LIKE THEY TOOK HIS SHOE OFF, HIS PANTS OFF AND THEY’RE GOING TO THE SUSPECT’S BELONGINGS TO FIND ANY EVIDENCE THEY MIGHT NEED. SHELDON: YOU SHOWED US A SUBDIVISION OR A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY NOT TOO FAR AWAY FROM WHERE THIS WAS HAPPENING. IF YOU HAD ESTIMATE, HOW FAR AWAY ARE SOME OF THE HOUSES IN CONNECTION TO WHERE THIS SITUATION IS GOING DOWN? MATT: LESS THAN A FOOTBALL FIELD FROM THESE HOMES RIGHT HERE. THAT CUL-DE-SAC IS FLOODED WITH COPS. THEY HAVE NOW ALL CONVERGED ON THE SCENE. THEY HAVE ANOTHER ARMORED VEHICLE HERE AND DOZENS OF OTHER OFFICERS AND THEIR TACTICAL GEAR THAT SHOWED UP ON THE SCENE. [INDISCERNIBLE] -- DANGEROUS FUGITIVE. LOOKS LIKE THEY WILL BRING HIM INTO A SQUAD CAR HERE. SHELDON: FOR ANY VIEWERS JOINING US, WE ARE FOLLOWING A SITUATION, A MANHUNT UNDERWAY SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING. YOU MAY HAVE GOTTEN ALERTS ON YOUR PHONE AFTER TWO POLICE OFFICERS WERE SHOT IN DELAFIELD. WE’RE LOOKING AT A LIVE IMAGE IN DELAFIELD OF SOMEONE BEING TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY AUTHORITIES THERE. MATT, IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN AGAIN THE EXACT LOCATION. IS IT STILL IN DELAFIELD WERE NEIGHBORING AREA? MATT: I BELIEVE IT IS STILL DELAFIELD. I WILL SHOW YOU. I BELIEVE THIS IS THE HOME DEPOT PARKING LOT ALONG THE FRONTAGE ROAD IN DELAFIELD. THAT IS WHERE THEY WERE GATHERED WHEN WE FIRST ARRIVED AT THIS PART OF THE SEARCH. THEY WORKED THEIR WAY UP AND DOWN THE FREEWAY, GOING THROUGH THE HEAVILY WOODED AREA ALONG THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. THIS IS A DENSELY WOODED AREA. THEY REACHED THE HOME DEPOT PARKING LOT AND STARTED BRANCHING SOUTH. THAT IS WHEN I SAW THE OFFICERS DROPPED TO THEIR KNEES ENDING THEIR GUNS. I SAW THEY HAD A SUSPECT APPROACHING THEM WITH HIS HANDS UP. HE GENERALLY MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION, KHAKI PANTS AND A SWEATSHIRT. HE WALKED MAYBE 50 FEET FROM THESE -- FROM THE TALLER GRASS HERE. HE LAID DOWN ON HIS STOMACH. IT LOOKS LIKE HE TOOK -- THE SUSPECT IS BEING LED BACK TO A SQUAD CAR IN THE SUBDIVISION. SHELDON: THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THIS EXCLUSIVE LOOK OF THAT PERSON BEING TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. HOPING TO FIND OUT MORE ON WHO THIS PERSON IS. FOR THAT, WE KNOW THE POLICE CHIEF IS STANDING BY NOW WITH HANNAH HILYARD. >> WHOEVER THIS IS, PROBABLY THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE SOUTH AND EAST FROM THE SCENE OF THE INCIDENT. FROM HERE, 2.5, ALMOST THREE MILES FROM HERE. HE WAS CALLED IN BY A RESIDENT. REPORTER: WAS HE IN A FIELD? >> DATA SOME VACANT LAND IN THE AREA THAT IS CLEARED. REPORTER: WITH ANY STRUGGLE? >> IT DOES NOT SOUND LIKE IT BUT I’M GETTING BITS AND PIECES OVER THE RADIO. REPORTER: DID HE HAVE A GUN? >> I DON’T KNOW YET. REPORTER: WE DON’T KNOW [INDISCERNIBLE] >> THE SUBJECT MATCHING THE SUSPECT’S DESCRIPTION WAS CALLED IN IN A VACANT LAND AREA ON THE FAR SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE CITY OF DELAFIELD. ASSETS HAVE RESPONDED. THEY FOUND THE PERSON. HAVE TAKEN HIM INTO CUSTODY. I CAN’T SAY FOR SURE THIS IS THE SUSPECT YET. OK, IT IS THE SUSPECT. HE IS IN CUSTODY AT THIS POINT. WHETHER HE IS ARMED, I DON’T KNOW. IF SHOTS WERE STILL BEING EXCHANGED, THAT I WOULD BE HEARING ON THE RADIO. MY UNDERSTANDING, MY APPLICATION AT THIS TIME IS A HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT ANY USE OF FORCE. REPORTER: CAN UTILITY YOUR OFFICERS ARE DOING? >> THE DELAFIELD OFFICER WAS TAKEN OUT OF TRAUMA CARE SHORT WHILE AGO. IT WAS A WHILE AGO. HE IS AS WELL AS CAN BE EXPECTED. HE IS TALKING. HE IS WITH HIS FAMILY AND A NUMBER OF OFFICERS AND OUR SUPPORT STAFF. REPORTER: CAN YOU TELL US WHERE THEY WERE SHOT? >> ONCE WE CAN NAME BOTH OF THE OFFICERS, I GET TO TALK TO THE CHIEF APARTMENT AND THEN -- HEARTLAND AND THEN WE WILL DISCLOSE THAT. REPORTER: WAS IT A TIP CALL? HOW DID HE GET OUT HE WAS IN THE AREA? >> WE ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE. COPS ARE EVERYWHERE IN THE CITY AND IN THE AREA RIGHT NOW. THIS CAME IN AS A RESIDENT WHO SAW SOMEBODY SUSPICIOUS IN AN AREA WHERE THEY WOULD NOT -- WHERE THEY WOULD NOT BE MANY PEOPLE THIS TIME A DAY. CALLED INTO THE DISPATCH CENTER. DISPATCH SENT SOME SLIDES AND THEY MADE EYE CONTACT AND CALLED FOR A TACTICAL UNIT. REPORTER: HOW FAR FROM THE HOTEL WAS HE FELT? >> THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE. REPORTER: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE RESIDENT THAT DID THIS? >> WE APPRECIATE ANY TIPS. WHEN YOU ARE SEARCHING FOR A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK, ESPECIALLY AS THE LIGHT COMES UP AND PEOPLE ARE MOVING AROUND, TAKE GETS THAT MUCH HARDER. WE APPRECIATE ALL THE TIPS. THIS ONE, YEAH. I WANT THIS GUY. I WANT HIM IN CUSTODY. I WANT HIM TO FACE JUSTICE FOR WHAT HE’S DONE -- AND THAT I CAN TELL THE COMMUNITY IT IS SAFE. REPORTER: WHAT ABOUT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY MADE THE ARREST? >> THAT I CAN’T TELL YOU FOR SURE. WE HAD TWO UNITS IN ROUTE TO THE AREA. THEY WERE IN THE AREA WHEN THE CALL CAME IN. WHETHER THEY WERE THE ONES YOU TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY, I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW. I BELIEVE THE UNITS THAT ARE CONDUCTING THE INVESTIGATIONS. THE COUNTY DETECTIVE SPIRO, OUR DETECTIVE, I BELIEVE THEY HAVE BEEN. REPORTER: WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER SUSPECTS IN THAT CAR? WHAT IS THEIR CONNECTION? ARE THEY CURRENTLY BEING INTERVIEWED? >> THEY ARE BEING INTERVIEWED AT THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT. AS FAR AS THE CONNECTION, I DON’T KNOW EXACTLY. REPORTER: DID THEY TRAVEL WITH THE SUSPECT? >> I DON’T KNOW. I AM HERE AND THAT IS GOING ON ELSEWHERE. I KNOW WHAT I CAN HEAR. THE CAPTAIN WAS CALLING ME FROM THE COMMAND POST I IMAGINE IT TO CALL HIM BACK AND GET SOME DETAILS FROM HIM. REPORTER: WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP NOW THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ARRESTED? >> THEY WILL BE TAKEN TO WAUKESHA COUNTY. REPORTER: DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN NORTH DAKOTA? >> JUST WHAT I READ IN THE NEWS. HE IS IN A SUSPECT IN AN ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE IN FARGO. BEYOND THAT, NO. OBVIOUSLY A DANGEROUS FELLOW. GOOD TO HAVE HIM OFF THE STREETS. NICE TO BE ABLE TO TELL OUR RESIDENTS THAT THEY CAN GO ABOUT THEIR LIVES. AND WE CAN DO OUR JOB HERE. THE WAUKESHA COUNTY SHERIFF WILL HANDLE THE OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING INVESTIGATION. THEY HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR HOURS. WE HAVE PLENTY OF RESOURCES STILL HELPING US SO WE CAN GET THIS RESOLVED. REPORTER: HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN CUSTODY? >> THREE AT THIS TIME. TWO ALMOST IMMEDIATELY ANOTHER SHOOTER. RPORTER: YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE TWO IN CUSTODY THIS MORNING? >> NOTHING. I DON’T KNOW MALE, FEMALE, SEX, ANYTHING. REPORTER: [INDISCERNIBLE] >> I THINK THAT IS TO BE DETERMINED. REPORTER: WAS HE ACTIVELY FLEEING TO GET AWAY OR HIDING OUT SOMEWHERE? >> IT IS UNLIKELY HE WAS HIDING. REPORTER: ANY INJURIES? >> HI DONA. -- I DON’T KNOW. REPORTER: WHERE THEY STAYING AT THE HOTEL? >> I DON’T KNOW YET. THAT IS ALL PART OF THE INVESTIGATION. I AM NOT THERE DOING THAT. I DON’T KNOW FOR SURE. REPORTER: THANK YOU, CHIEF. SHELDON: IF YOU’RE JUST DOING US, WE GOT AN UPDATE FROM POLICE AND DELAFIELD ABOUT A MANHUNT. A SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY IN CONNECTION TO THE SHOOTING OF TWO POLICE OFFICERS EARLY THIS MORNING AND DELAFIELD. WANT TO CHECK BACK IN WITH HANNAH HILYARD. YOU GOT THE UPDATE FROM AUTHORITIES. WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US? HANNAH: I THINK MY MIC IS NOT ON. LET ME TURN IT OFF YOU. YOU CAN HEARING. WE HEARD HERE AND DELAFIELD SUSPECT IS NOW IN CUSTODY. A RESIDENT CALLED THE NATIVE AND THEY FOUND HIM IN A SOUTHEASTERN PART OF TOWN HERE ABOUT THREE MILES FROM WHERE WE ARE NOW OFF OF HIGHWAY 83 AT A CHURCH PARKING LOT. THREE OR SO MILES FROM WHERE WE ARE. HOW EXACTLY HE GOT TO THIS LOCATION IS UNCLEAR. HE IS NOW IN CUSTODY. SOUNDS LIKE HE SURRENDERED PEACEFULLY TO THE OFFICERS. IT WAS A RESIDENT WHO CALLED IN AND SAID THEY SPOTTED SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS. WAS PLASTERED ALL OVER THE PLACE IN THE AREA. THEY CALLED IT IN THE OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO GET HIM TO SURRENDER AND TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY. SHELDON: HE’S NOT THE LAYPERSON CUSTODY THIS H -- HE IS NOT THE ONLY PERSON IN CUSTODY AT THIS HOUR. HANNAH: TWO OTHER PEOPLE ARE IN CUSTODY. THAT HAPPENED THIS MORNING AS THE SITUATION UNFOLDED. THREE PEOPLE IN TOTAL POLICE OFFICERS APPROACHED AT THE HOLIDAY INN PARKING LOT. TWO OF THEM NOT INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING. THEY WERE SEPARATE FROM THAT BUT THEY WERE WITH BENTON AT THE TIME. THEY WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY THIS MORNING IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SHOOTING. TWO SEPARATE -- THEY HAVE NOT ANNOUNCED CHARGES FOR THOSE PEOPLE. YES, AS A TOTAL, THREE PEOPLE ARE IN CUSTODY. SHELDON: WE KNOW THOSE PEOPLE ARE BEING INTERVIEWED. AS FOR THE MAIN SUSPECT, THE PERSON HE TRIGGERED THIS MANHUNT AND ALLEGEDLY SHOT THESE OFFICERS, AUTHORITIES TELLING REPORTERS THAT PERSON IS CONNECTED TO AN ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE IN FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA. NOT ONLY DID THIS PERSON ALLEGEDLY SHOOT TO OFFICERS IN OUR AREA, THEY ARE WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH AN ATTEMPT AT HOMICIDE IN NORTH DAKOTA. THAT PERSON IN CUSTODY. POLICE CONFIRMING THE PERSON WHO TRIGGERED THIS MANHUNT IS IN CUSTODY AT THIS HOUR. YOU ARE LOOKING AT VIDEO. OF THAT SURRENDER LESS CHECK IN WITH MATT TO TELL US WHAT’S HAPPENING NOW. MATT: THEY HAVE THREE DOGS AND A HANDFUL OF OFFICERS. WHEN WE FIRST SPOTTED THE SUSPECT HE WAS WALKING OUT OF THE REEDS. HE WALKED UP TO AN OFFICER AND LAY DOWN ON HIS STOMACH AFTER SHOWING HIS WAISTBAND. THEY HAVE TAKEN HIM AND PUT HIM INTO A SHERIFF’S SUV HERE IN ONE OF THE DRIVEWAYS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT IS THE SUV THEY HAD HIM IN. LOOKS LIKE THEY MIGHT HAVE TAKEN OUT TO RE-FRISK HIM. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY’RE ARE GOING THROUGH HIS POCKETS ONCE AGAIN. THEY DO HAVE HIM IN CUSTODY. NOT VERY FAR FROM WHERE ALL THIS WENT DOWN. I WILL SHOW YOU. YOU CAN SEE THE NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT THERE. THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE RIGHT HERE ACROSS THE STREET FROM I-94. THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GOING OVER THAT CRIME SCENE. THEY ARE TAKING OF EVIDENCE, PICKING UP SHOWCASES AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM. THEY WENT THROUGH HIS BACKPACK SITTING IN THAT HANDICAP PARKING SPOT. THE GOOD NEWS IS THE SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY AND NO OTHER OFFICERS WERE INJURED. THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. SHELDON: GLAD TO HEAR THIS PERSON IS IN CUSTODY AT ALL AS EVIDENCE MARKERS MATT SHOWED US IS LEFT BEHIND IN THE PROOF OF THE EXCHANGE OF GUNFIRE THAT HAPPENED BETWEEN THE SUSPECT AND
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Man wanted in shooting of 2 police officers arrested

Nathanael Benton, 23, also wanted for attempted murder in Fargo

A manhunt for a gunman ended in a field in Delafield on Friday when tactical officers surrounded the man wanted for shooting two police officers. News Chopper 12 was over the scene as 23-year-old Nathanael Benton approached police with his hands up and then showed his waistband. He then laid down on the ground and was arrested. No one was injured in the arrest. Benton was taken to the Waukesha County Jail, where he awaits formal charges. A Delafield resident reported seeing him in the far southeast corner of the city. Delafield police Chief Erik Kehl said both officers, one from Delafeld and one from Hartland, were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. They have not been identified but were expected to survive. The Delafield officer is as "well as can be expected," Kehl said. He was taken out of trauma care and was talking with his family and other officers. Police said officers responded at about 1:40 a.m. Friday for a report of a possible hit-and-run at the Holiday Inn Express in Delafield. That is off I-94 and Highway 83. Kehl said that when officers arrived, they confronted Benton and there was an exchange of gunfire. It was unclear if the suspect was hit. Police said Benton was last seen running southbound from the scene. Benton is wanted for attempted murder in North Dakota. Shortly after 4 a.m., Delafield residents received an emergency alert that asked citizens to avoid the area of Highway 83 and Golf Road and for residents in the area to shelter at the lowest level of their home or business until further notice. The Delafield police chief said two other people, a man and a woman from Indiana, were taken in custody. They were with Benton at the time of the shooting, but they were not involved in the shooting. Kern said they did not try to run and went willingly with officers. Their names have not been released.The Waukesha County Sheriff's Department will investigate the officer-involved shooting portion of the incident. The Pewaukee School District has closed schools for the day. There will be no in-person or virtual classes Friday. The campus was closed and the buildings were locked, the superintendent said.

A manhunt for a gunman ended in a field in Delafield on Friday when tactical officers surrounded the man wanted for shooting two police officers.

News Chopper 12 was over the scene as 23-year-old Nathanael Benton approached police with his hands up and then showed his waistband.

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He then laid down on the ground and was arrested.

No one was injured in the arrest.

Benton was taken to the Waukesha County Jail, where he awaits formal charges.

A Delafield resident reported seeing him in the far southeast corner of the city.

Delafield police Chief Erik Kehl said both officers, one from Delafeld and one from Hartland, were taken to the hospital with serious injuries.

They have not been identified but were expected to survive.

The Delafield officer is as "well as can be expected," Kehl said.

He was taken out of trauma care and was talking with his family and other officers.

Police said officers responded at about 1:40 a.m. Friday for a report of a possible hit-and-run at the Holiday Inn Express in Delafield.

That is off I-94 and Highway 83.

Kehl said that when officers arrived, they confronted Benton and there was an exchange of gunfire.

It was unclear if the suspect was hit.

Nathanael Benton
Delafield Police Dept.

Police said Benton was last seen running southbound from the scene.

A photo of police shooting suspect Nathanael Benton
Waukesha Sheriff's Office
Nathanael Benton

Benton is wanted for attempted murder in North Dakota.

Shortly after 4 a.m., Delafield residents received an emergency alert that asked citizens to avoid the area of Highway 83 and Golf Road and for residents in the area to shelter at the lowest level of their home or business until further notice.

Delafield Emergency Alert
Delafield Emergency Alert

The Delafield police chief said two other people, a man and a woman from Indiana, were taken in custody.

They were with Benton at the time of the shooting, but they were not involved in the shooting.

Kern said they did not try to run and went willingly with officers.

Their names have not been released.

The Waukesha County Sheriff's Department will investigate the officer-involved shooting portion of the incident.

The Pewaukee School District has closed schools for the day.

There will be no in-person or virtual classes Friday.

The campus was closed and the buildings were locked, the superintendent said.