WI - Vilas County deputy shoots woman; thought it was a cougar

An off-duty Vilas County Sheriff’s deputy shot a woman Monday after mistaking her for a cougar, according to the Sheriff’s Department.

Ty Peterson shot a 20-year-old female family member shortly after 9 p.m. Monday at his home in the town of Arbor Vitae, according to a Sheriff’s Department news release. She was taken to a hospital with a non-life threatening injury, police said.

An initial investigation showed that the woman was playing a prank on Peterson, according to the news release. Peterson thought he was being attacked by a cougar, which was seen in the deputy’s yard earlier in the day, and shot the victim as a result of the prank, police said.

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