MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers ordered on Friday, May 17 the flags of the United States and the State of Wisconsin to be flown at half-staff as a mark of respect for Mitchell Lundgaard. The order is effective beginning immediately and ending at sunset on the date of interment.
Lundgaard was shot when he responded to a medical emergency at the downtown transit center in Appleton Wednesday evening. Lundgaard was a 14-year veteran of the department, and left behind a wife and three young children.
Gov. Evers issued the following statement in a news release: