In this June 17, 2026 file photo, a Ford F-250 pickup truck with the Marathon County Sheriff’s Office’s bomb disposal unit arrives at a law enforcement checkpoint at the entrance to Lumen Lake Road off of Fawn Lake Road in Lake Tomahawk. Oneida County district attorney Jillian Pfeifer announced Saturday that a sheriff’s deputy was justified to use lethal force in the incident. John Krga, 76, was killed in the exchange.
(Photo by Brian Jopek/Lakeland Times)
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Lake Tomahawk officer-involved shooting determined by District attorney to be justified
Oneida County district attorney Jillian Pfeifer determined that a sheriff’s deputy was justified to use lethal force in a June 17 officer-involved shooting in the town of Lake Tomahawk. Pfeifer said in a press release on Saturday that the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) should be commended for its work investigating the shooting.
