Officer Stephanie Wiener, Marcus Felton (Appleton Police Department).
The Appleton Police Department has identified the police officer, bystander and suspect involved in a fatal shooting over the weekend in Appleton. Officer Stephanie Wiener and Andrew Maltbey were reportedly shot with Wiener’s gun during a struggle with shoplifting suspect Marcus D. Felton.
The 23-year-old Felton, an Appleton native, then turned the gun on himself.
Wiener, who has been with the Appleton department since January of last year, was released from the hospital on Tuesday. The 23-year-old Maltbey, also of Appleton, was one of two people who saw Wiener and Felton struggling and stopped to help. He was released from the hospital on Sunday.
Appleton police say the shooting happened just after midnight Saturday in the 900 block of S. Kensington Drive, after two gas station thefts.
The Green Bay Police Department is investigating the incident. The Appleton Police Department says Wiener will not be granting interviews, and Maltbey has also been asked not to make public comments as the incident remains under investigation.
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