One Person Dead after Shooting at Pewit’s Nest

Baraboo, WI – On Friday, May 8th 2026 the Sauk County Dispatch Center received a report of a shooting incident at Pewitt’s Nest Nature Preserve at 2:08 p.m.

Multiple callers reported seeing a male shoot a female multiple times and fleeing the scene in a vehicle. Deputies arrived on scene and located the female deceased.

At 3:10 PM it was reported that a male subject had driven into the parking lot of the Sauk Prairie Police Department, exited the van, and fired several gunshots into the front door and vestibule of the police department. The building was struck several times but no staff were injured in this shooting.

Sauk Prairie Police Officers located the vehicle leaving the police department and conducted a traffic stop and the operator was taken into custody without incident. Through investigation and evidence gathered on scene and in the vehicle, it was determined this was the same subject and suspect vehicle from the earlier shooting incident at Pewitt’s Nest.

The male was taken to the Sauk County Jail where he remains in custody. The suspect’s name is being withheld at this time as the investigation is active and ongoing but there is no threat to the community.

The name of the victim is being withheld pending notification of family.

The Sauk County Sheriff’s Office was assisted in this investigation by the Baraboo Police Department, Sauk Prairie Police Department, Wisconsin State Patrol and the Wisconsin DNR.