Latest: Officials identify sheriff's deputy involved in Paddock Lake fatal shooting

KENOSHA -- Officials with the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department released on Monday, October 26th the name of the deputy involved in a shooting in Paddock Lake over the weekend. He is James Campbell.

Campbell has been a deputy with the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department since May 2011. He remains on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.

Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth says the discovery of a motorcycle in a ditch set off a series of events that led to that officer-involved shooting on Saturday night, October 24th. Sheriff Beth says his deputy shot 47-year-old Darren Fude after Fude pointed a shotgun at officials.

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"He came with a shotgun out of the house and out onto the front porch and he started wielding it at the deputy sheriff -- the three deputy sheriffs that were there. This was purely over a traffic citation -- so why would you go to this level?" Sheriff Beth said on Sunday.

Sheriff Beth says Fude ignored orders to drop the weapon, and Fude then pointed the weapon at the deputies. One responded by shooting Fude, who later died at a hospital.

"In this situation, to protect themselves, to defend themselves, from everything I've been told so far, the deputy was justified," Sheriff Beth said.

Per state law, the final decision regarding this case will be made by the Kenosha County district attorney. If he determines the shooting was justified, the documents related to this investigation will become public record.

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