Two La Crescent police officers observed two men behaving suspiciously at the Kwik Trip on South 3rd Street in La Crescent around 1:30 a.m on July 31st.

Officers followed the men after they left the gas station and pulled them over at Highway 44 and Highway 16 in Hokah. During the stop, officers were shot at and then returned fire.

The men fled at a high rate of speed and and officers pursued them until it ended when the suspects car crashed. The men ran from their vehicle into the field, but eventually surrendered.

One of the suspects was injured with non life threatening injuries.

The suspects Wyatt Helfrich and William Walraff both were charged with attempted murder.

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