Sawyer County Shooting Investigation
Two are dead in an apparent murder/suicide
On Wednesday July 27, the Sawyer County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call that a female victim has been shot at a residence at 10690W Twin Lakes Road in Sawyer County.
When officers arrived they located a 56-year-old female inside the residence who had sustained a gunshot would to the chest. She was transported to the Hayward Area Memorial Hospital where she later died from her injuries.
A 58-year-old male suspect was located just outside the residence, he was pronounced dead on the scene from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The female victim has been identified at Claudia Burgan, 56, she was the incumbent Sayer County Clerk of Court. The male was identified as Dennis Meyer. Both resided at the residence.
This incident remains under investigation by the State of Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation and the Sawyer County Sheriff’s Office.
