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Source: Ogle County deputies shot in gunfight at Lost Nation home

By Charlene Bielema, Earleen Hinton and Alexa Zoellner
Several law enforcement agencies, ambulances and medical helicopters have responded to reports of a shooting in the 400 block of Wild Rice Lane in Lost Lake in Ogle County.

Several law enforcement agencies, ambulances and medical helicopters have responded to the 400 block of Wild Rice Lane in Lost Nation in Ogle County. (Earleen Hinton)

LOST NATION – Shaw Local News Network has confirmed that several Ogle County deputies were shot at a Lost Nation home, according to a source close to the investigation.

Multiple medical helicopters and law enforcement agencies responded early Wednesday afternoon to the Lost Nation home in the 400 block of Wild Rice Lane.

Lee County Board Chairman Bob Olson said three deputies were shot; all are in the hospital and expected to recover. Olson said a suspect had barricaded themselves in the house, a gunfight took place and that the suspect was shot and is in the hospital.

Response has included personnel from Dixon city and rural fire departments, Oregon, Mt. Morris and Polo, as well as a crime scene investigator, according to a reporter on the scene. Lost Nation is an unincorporated area northeast of Dixon in Ogle County.

A news conference is set for 3:30 p.m.

This is a breaking news story. It will be updated as more information becomes available.

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Charlene Bielema

Charlene Bielema

Charlene Bielema is the editor of Sauk Valley Media.

Earleen Hinton

Earleen Hinton

Earleen creates content and oversees production of 8 community weeklies. She has worked for Shaw Newspapers since 1985.

Alexa Zoellner

Alexa Zoellner

Alexa Zoellner reports on Lee, Ogle and Whiteside counties for Shaw Media out of the Dixon office. Previously, she worked for the Record-Eagle in Traverse City, Michigan, and the Daily Jefferson County Union in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin.