Police identify suspect shot by officers after allegedly holding man hostage at Waukesha Meijer
Posted: Aug 17, 2026 3:39 PM CDT
Waukesha Police Department WAUKESHA, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Waukesha police have released the name of the suspect shot and wounded by officers during an armed hostage situation inside a Meijer store.
Twenty-one-year-old Anthony Lehman is expected to face multiple charges including first degree reckless injury and false imprisonment.
Police say on July 30, Lehman used a knife and another razor-edged weapon to take a 59-year-old man hostage in the store.
Eventually, officers shot and injured Lehman.
The hostage was also hurt, though the injury was not life-threatening.
Formal charges have not yet been filed.
The incident remains under investigation.
