On June 1st, 2010, a 911 call was made asking for a welfare check to be done on Alexander Wasson, a 58 year old Hononegah High School teacher, after he was seen entering his home with a gun.
Winnebago County Sheriff deputies responded to the scene where they engaged in two hour long standoff.
The officers entered the home on Kiowa Crossing around 2:30 p.m. They found Alex in the basement of the home without the gun in hand. The deputies allege that Alexander then picked up the gun causing Winnebago County Sheriff Deputy Pete Dal Pra to shoot once hitting him in the arm.
Alexander was arrested on aggravated assault charges. He died a month later unrelated to the shooting.
This was the first police shooting in Winnebago County of the 2010’s.