One Person Hospitalized After Being Shot In Dodge County

The Dodge County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a shooting incident that sent one man to the hospital.

Deputies were called out Sunday morning just before 10:50 AM, 7/18/21, to a report of a 41-year old male who had been accidentally shot in the chest in the 8300 block of north Hickory Lane in Beaver Dam. When they arrived they found the man had a single gunshot wound to the upper chest and was conscious.

The victim was transported by ambulance by Beaver Dam Paramedics to the Marshfield Medical Center in Beaver Dam and later flown by MedFlight to UW Hospital in Madison.

The Dodge County Sheriff’s Department said there was no threat to the community and the incident remains under investigation.